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Description: | Russian bale seal, an oval lead disc measuring 20 x 23 mm. Two holes for ties are clearly visible running through the thickness of the seal along its short axis. The seal has been crimped together by the use of obverse and reverse dies which bear lettering. The dies are not oriented; on the obverse, the lettering runs parallel to the holes rather than perpendicular to them, and on the reverse the lettering runs at about 45 degrees to the holes. On the obverse, the lettering is in Cyrillic; a transcription by John Sullivan can be seen on the scan and the Latin equivalent is something like LD / [-] [N]A[-] / [-]EV. The reverse reads SP / NP_3 / F. W. / 183[-]. These seals show that the goods (probably flax or hemp) conform to the Russian quality control system. The obverse bears the Cyrillic initials LD and then the name of the quality control officer. On the reverse, the first line reads SP for St Petersburg, the initials of the producer (F. W.) and a date in the 1830s (see The Searcher, January 2002). The initials F. W. are also found on a seal from Ramsey (sf906/7241).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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