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Unique ID: SF-3100F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy hooked tag of Post-Medieval date. It has a flat back with circular openwork plate and integrally cast rectangular suspension loop at the top of the plate. The openwork decoration comprises an equal armed cross with a pellet at its centre contained within a circular border. The exterior edges of the plate have beaded decoration. The integral hook is missing due to old breaks. The entire object measures 21.92mm in length, 16.79mm in width, 1.57mm in thickness and 2.01g in weight.
This hooked tag belongs to Read's Class E Type 3 Post-Medieval hooked tags and draws a very close parallel to his no. 370 (Read, 2008: p. 99, no. 370). This indicates a date in the 16th-17th centuriesAD for the current example.
Class: Read Class E Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.92 mm
Width: 16.79 mm
Thickness: 1.57 mm
Weight: 2.01 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st July 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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