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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NLM-8E96D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy hooked tag. Sub-triangular sheet metal plate with convex sides, straight top with indented corners, and a bulging collar at its base where a small sharp backward-pointing hook projects, Read early medieval Class A Type 1 (e.g. Read 2008 page 8 no. 15) or his Class B Type 1; the holes impart an 'eared'[ appearance approaching that of his Class E. A pair of drilled stitching holes of diameter 1.9mm appear close to the upper edge, and re drilled through the centres of two of a total of fifteen stamped ring and dot of diameter 2.8mm. These are crowded, and at one point slightly overlap. The use of ring and dot to occupy a plain surface is characteristic of Viking Age style though this object class has a broader currency. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 850-1000.
Length: 21.1mm, Width: 14.7mm, Thickness: 1.0mm, Weight: 1.34gms
Notes:
The finder suggests this to be part of an assemblage amounting to c.5% of material recovered from an extensive site, the rest being removed illicitly without record. Archaeological opinion holds the site to have been of equivalent character to Flixborough, North Lincolnshire, in terms of its material culture. Coins are under-represented in the group.
Class: possibly Read early medieval Class A Type 1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Scandinavian style
Date from: Circa AD 850
Date to: Circa AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.1 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 1.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Sunday 31st December 2000
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37188
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Keelby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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