File:Early Medieval, Triangular (shield) shaped hooked tag (FindID 564862).jpg

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Early Medieval: Triangular (shield) shaped hooked tag
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2013-06-14 12:31:23
Title
Early Medieval: Triangular (shield) shaped hooked tag
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy hooked tag, of Early Medieval dating (8th to 11th Centuries AD).

The plate is triangular or shield-shaped, with squared corners at the top and curved lower edges. There is a broad groove around each of the two circular attachment holes, on one face only. The image appears also to show further very worn decoration on this face, of a line of zig-zag or rocker-arm engraving down the centre between the two holes, and a border of similar engraving around the edge of the plate. The holes have an internal diameter of 1.7 mm. The hook is slender and incomplete.

The hooked tag measures 20.58 mm in length, 15.06 mm wide and 2.10 mm thick. It weighs 1.2 g. It is a mid to dark green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface, leaving areas of a lighter green colour. These areas should be monitored for signs of active copper corrosion (a bright green powdery residue). To reduce the risk of this happening, the hooked tag should be stored in a sealed air tight, dry box, such as a sealed tupperware box, lined with silica gel and acid free tissue paper.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Shropshire
Date between 700 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 564862
Old ref: WMID-AFE646
Filename: WMID-AFE646.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/429778
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/429778/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/564862
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Object location52° 33′ 09″ N, 2° 22′ 25.43″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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