File:Medieval seal (FindID 462612).jpg

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Medieval seal
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Robert Collins, 2011-09-15 13:04:34
Title
Medieval seal
Description
English: Lead object, probably originally of pointed-oval shape and probably a seal matrix of Medieval date, 1200-1400.

There is considerable damage and wear to the inscription and the face of the seal. Much of the edge is missing and it is difficult to reconstruct the original appearance of the object. The central motif is illegible and, of the inscription, only the engraved letters (in reverse) [damage]ER...LL...[damage] are legible.

The object is slightly concave as well as being thin, flimsy, uneven, and poorly made. There is no evidence for suspension, although this could have been lost along with other parts of the edge. Despite this, it is more likely to have been a seal matrix (or trial-piece for a seal matrix) than anything else.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 1200 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 462612
Old ref: NCL-1E9617
Filename: IMG_7883.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/346038
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/346038/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/462612
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Object location55° 02′ 40.2″ N, 1° 56′ 30.08″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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