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Medieval lead-alloy seal matrix
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Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2011-06-14 09:48:04
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Medieval lead-alloy seal matrix
Description
English: A lead seal matrix dating to the medieval period. The seal is oval in plan and has a recessed fleur-de-lis in the centre. Each leaf is oval in plan. There is a pellet in each exterior angle. The inscription around it reads: + S' hERIC AVOnAVLAM; with the intial A and V conjoined. The letter 'n' in the last word is less likely to be the letter 'h' due to the lack of the curved end of the downstroke as seen in hERIC.

Irene Szymanski writes:

The last letter might be a place name starting "Avon"; this is an old Celtic word meaning "river" found in various places in the country. The second part of the word could then be "avlam", or possibly "aulam".
"Aula" is the Latin for "dwelling", so perhaps it indicates Heric River-Dwelling, or Heric who lives on the river? Heric might be an abbreviation of the Anglo-Saxon name Hereric - some Anglo-Saxon names hung on in some areas of the country - whilst the second part of his name might have been created for him or one of his ancestors.

This seal was discovered near Horncastle, a town set on the River Bain.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1200 and 1300
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 447787
Old ref: LIN-71FF22
Filename: LIN2011-614.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/332222
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/332222/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/447787
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