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Medieval lead papal bulla
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Adam Daubney, 2007-02-12 17:04:17
Title
Medieval lead papal bulla
Description
English: Incomplete cast circular lead seal with a design on either face, in a very worn condition. The seal, or 'papal bulla' is of Pope Nicholas III (1277-80). The obverse depicts the bust of St Paul within an inverted pear shaped compartment defined by pellets. St Paul's beard is portrayed as being long, straight and pointed, whilst his hair is straight and swept back. At the top of the bulla in the centre are the near-illegible letters 'SPA[SPE]', abbreviations for St Paul and St Peter.

The reverse of the bulla has the following letters over three lines. [NI]CO/[LAVS/PP.I]II.. The PP means 'pastor pastorum', translated as 'shepherd of the shepherds'. Both obverse and reverse faces have a pelleted perimeter.

The seal is broken along the internal hole created for the attachment of the chord.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1250 and 1399
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1399-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 159894
Old ref: LIN-2E2046
Filename: LIN5320.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/129984
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/129984/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/159894
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Object location52° 50′ 47.76″ N, 0° 33′ 28.92″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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