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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: LIN-0D7D9B
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy possible hooked tag, dating to the period c. AD 720-850. The hooked tag is circular in plan, with a rectangular aperture for attachment situated towards one terminal. The other terminal tapers to a worn break, which would have potentially extended into a curved hook. The tag is undecorated and a green-brown patina is present on the surface.
The hooked tag measures 26.05mm in length, 12.15mm in width, 0.69mm in thickness and weighs 0.95g.
This is Read's Class A, Type 2, although it exhibits one rectangular attachment aperture, rather than multiple circular apertures. This discrepancy, along with the thinness of the metal may indicate that this is not a hooked tag.
Cf. Read (2008) p.14-19, for similar examples.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.57 mm
Width: 16.61 mm
Thickness: 0.71 mm
Weight: 0.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th August 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: East Lindsey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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