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Description: | A lead seal matrix with a circular die and a small lug and remains of a raised ridge along the back. The die is 21mm diameter and 3mm thick. The oval lug is 4mm high and 4 by 6 mm across. There also appears to be the remains of a seperate ridge across the cenre of the back. The die has a central design with four centrally divided leaves radiating out from a dot. Between the leaves are engraved lines of the same lengh as the leaves and between the tip of each leaf and line is a dot. Around the edge is an inscription which begins with a cross pattee and square and reads RANGE EGETEGE followed by a crescent. This is a mis-writing for FRANGE LEGE TEGE 'Break, Read, Conceal', the square is presumably meant to represent the 'F' of the inscription. This is a common inscription on fourteenth century seals. It is unusual to have this later inscription on this earlier form of seal. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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