Rights Holder: Suffolk County Council
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Unique ID: SF-9DE295
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval hooked tag, dating to c. AD 600-1150. It has a flat oval plate with the remains of two circular perforations close to the upper edge. The integral hook has a D-shaped cross-section and tapers to the break. Both faces have no decorations visible but have traces of silver coating.
It belongs to Class A, Type 2 in Read (2008, pp. 14-18)
Length: 15.21 mm
Diameter of the plate: 9.71 mm
Thickness: 0.66 mm
Weight: 0.25 g
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 600
Date to: Circa AD 1150
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.21 mm
Thickness: 0.66 mm
Weight: 0.25 g
Diameter: 9.71 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 229
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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