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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: IOW-962719
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked tag (c. 1500-c. 1600). Read Class E, Type 5.
This tag was formed of three integral elements, the attachment loop, body and hook. However, the hook is missing. It is convex at the front and flat at the rear.
The attachment loop is semi-circular in plan and has a pellet at each side adjacent to the body. The body consists of an openwork moulded trefoil knot, known as a Hungerford knot and may have been decorated at the front with punched hatching prior to becoming worn.
This tag is reddish brown with specks of green corrosion products and has small areas of a black substance, possibly lacquer. The break is old and the front is worn.
Height: 20.6mm; width: 19.6mm; thickness: 2.0mm. Weight: 1.57g.
Hooked tags with a similar design have been published (Read 2008: 110, refs: 436, 437 and 438).
Read, B. 2008. Hooked Clasps and Eyes. Portcullis Publishing, Langport.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20.6 mm
Width: 19.6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-316
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 110 | 436, 437 and 438 |
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