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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: WAW-0B7B14
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Medieval hooked tag: The copper alloy tag is triangular with the upper two corners having obliquely angled corners. The lower corner extends to form a hook which curls towards the reverse of the tag. The hook is terminates with a rounded edge and is short in depth. Towards the upper edge there is a perforated circular hole towards each corner. The outer face of the hooked tag is decorated with a border consisting of two double stranded lines formed by rows of small oval stamps. In between the two strands there is a line of very small ring and dot stamps. The centre of the tag is undecorated. The reverse of the tag is undecorated. The tag measures 22.51mm long, 20.37mm wide, 4.38mm thick at the hook, and weighs 1.28g.
The hooked tag is likely to be a Read (2008) Class A, Type 1 which date to the 7th to early 12th centuries.
Read, B., 2008. Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Somerset: Portcullis Publishing
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 600
Date to: Exactly AD 1125
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.51 mm
Width: 20.37 mm
Thickness: 4.38 mm
Weight: 1.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th November 2014 - Thursday 26th February 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Bickmarsh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1049
Four figure Latitude: 52.13920746
Four figure longitude: -1.85530099
1:25K map: SP1049
1:10K map: SP14NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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