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Description: | Recorded from impression and details supplied. A lead alloy, vesica-shaped (pointed oval) seal matrix, back unseen. The top of the matrix is distorted, making the initial cross and S' indistinct and difficult to see. Plain, flat back, fixing loop intact at top. Device of a dove-like singing bird. It appears to have two feet on the right-hand edge of the lettering/device boundary, suggesting that it may be better viewed by turning the matrix 90 degrees to the right. The bird is rather awkwardly engraved, as the legs are at an odd angle irrespective of the way it is viewed; the open beak is indicated by two simple lines. Device area is extremely small, under 1/3 of the total width of the matrix. Device separated from legend by an untidy line; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix face. Measurements: 24 mm x 34 mm.
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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