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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: BH-9ACADE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy hooked tag, dating from the early post-Medieval period.
The artefact is intact, but the openwork plate and hanger have been bent forwards, possibly deliberately. An equal-armed cross with central pellet divides the plate into four segments, each of which has four circular perforations. A plain rim extends around the plate's circumference, with a beaded border outside this. The hanger is rectangular and the rearward hook is of trapezoidal section, tapering to a point.
Dimensions: 24.4mm long, 16.4mm wide, 1.4mm thick. Weight: 2.02g.
A similar hooked tag was found during the excavation of a moat at Southwark, with associated pottery dated from c. 1530 - c. 1550 (Egan 2005: 44/fig. 25, no. 155). A date of 16th century is suggested for this piece.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.4 mm
Width: 16.4 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 2.02 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st December 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/8 - 21
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Melbourn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service |
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