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Description: | A lead alloy Baltic or Russian bale seal dating from 1786. The seal is a circular disc with a hole running between the two faces for the cord or string. The seal indicates that 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 obverse is stamped with a Cyrillic inscription: "*N:P* / HP[ligated]12K / *1786* / *" and the reverse with "*A[-] / h [upside down] H (A)[-] / H O B h / H33". NP may indicate the name of a port, possibly Narva in Estonia (http://www.mernick.co.uk/leadtokens/newsletters/LTT0611.pdf), the next line is codified data which may indicate the producer, and the last line is the date. On the other side, the top line may represent the rank of the officer in charge of stamping, the next two lines are his name and the bottom line is a reference number (http://www.mernick.co.uk/leadtokens/newsletters/LTT0612.pdf). The seal has a diameter of 25.3mm and is 4.4mm thick.
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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