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HOOKED TAG
Unique ID: NLM-5D0BB9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy hooked tag fragment. An oval sheet metal plate with a pair of drilled holes of diameter 2mm towards its upper edge, Read early post-medieval Class A Type 2. A plain cross is lightly incised on the display face, rendered with paired lines; a single line passing all around the plate forms a border. A thin hook is lost at a discernible break. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-1100.
Length: 14.3mm, Width: 11mm, Thickness: 0.9mm, Weight: 0.52gms
Class: Read early post-medieval Class A Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 750
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.3 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 0.9 mm
Weight: 0.52 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41107
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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