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Description: | Post medieval or modern Russian oval lead-alloy seal. The seal is stamped on one side with an inscription in two lines, the other side is blank. There are the remains of the hole running from side to side through which the thread would have run. The inscription is in Cyrillic but probably includes the place of stamping and the name of the quality control official in charge of stamping. The seal indicate the goods have been checked for quality and/or taxed. Such seals were attached to flax and hemp seed bags and finished linen. (Sullivan 2002:4 unpub).The seal is 25.3mm long by 21.6mm wide by 5.2mm thick and weighs 18.31g. The seal, unlike many found in Britain, does not carry the distinctive letters for St Petersberg but it's size suggests it dates to c.1740-1830 AD (Sullivan 2002:2-3 unpub).
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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