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Description: | A cast lead vesica-shaped (pointed oval) medieval seal matrix. The reverse has a chamfered edge, and is otherwise plain and flat apart from a broken suspension loop at the top of a raised midrib. There is some damage in the form of a linear removal on the edge. The obverse device consists of a prominent and well rendered fleur-de-lys within a border. The surrounding legend reads: S'[IGILLUM] EN(retrograde)?N?E FIL L WALT'[ER] (...child of Walter). Geake (2001, 62) notes that such shaped matrices were more often used by women and clerics. Inscription: S' EN?NE FIL L WALT' | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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