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Description: | Lead seal matrix. Pointed oval in shape, and measuring 40 x 26 mm, it has a slightly squashed pierced lug on the reverse. It is very well engraved, although the central motif is hard to identify; perhaps a seed-pod with symmetrical trailing leaves and tendrils, and if so it is likely to represent a pea pod. The inscription around the outside reads + S' CLARICIE. LE NEVMAN (Seal of Clarice the Newman or newcomer). This is a woman's seal; although it seems odd for her to be surnamed the new man rather than the new woman, this must indicate that her surname was hereditary. 13th century.
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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