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Description: | Very crude 12th/13th lead seal. The loop for attaching it to a chain or piece of string has not been perforated all the way throught the small handle and pattern has been quite crudely engraved in the soft lead. It impossible to dephicer the legend, but the design in the centre is possible two hands clasping three long-stemmed flowers with cinquefoil heads.
The owner of the seal was a member of one of the lower classes since lead seals were eachp to acquire and easy to engrave. He probably wanted to 'add' status to his class since owning a seal was regarded as sign of higher status. Usually the inscription on these seals starts with S or SIG or SIGILLUM (lat. seal) which would then be followed by the owner's name or F/FIL (son or daughter) and another Christian name to denote whose son or daughter the owner was. However, it cannot be said in all certainty what the inscription of this seal was. | Subjects: | Lead | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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