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Description: | Cast copper-alloy seal matrix, flat and pointed-oval in shape, 37 x 21mm and 2mm thick; weight 9g. There is a D-shaped lug at one end of the reverse with a central circular perforation. The central motif is a conventional fleur-de-lis. The inscription around the edge is set between narrow ridged borders. The writing is now very worn and difficult to read, but a partial reading may be cannot be made out, even on an impression. The most that can be seen is- + S' EVDONE - - - DE MA - (Seal of Eudo, Odo or possibly Owen, perhaps of somewhere beginning with Ma..). This type of seal matrix, with a personal name, probably dates to the 13th century.A similar example can be seen in Read (2001, 75 and 80; fig 51, no.613)
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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