The Portable Antiquities Scheme
EARLY MEDIEVAL HOOKED TAG
700
Middle Saxon to Late Saxon copper alloy hooked tag with two attachment holes in the triangular plate. Within contour lines of finely executed interrupted rocker-arm engraving giving the appearance of tiny addorsed triangles there are five punched ring-and-dots. Length 20mm. Width 14mm. Thickness 1mm. Read 2008, Class A type 1. The engraved decoration can be seen on an example from Stiffkey, Norfolk (ibid., 11 no. 35, HER 1867, NMS-4B2380). 8th - 11th century.
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