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Description: | An incomplete lead seal matrix of Medieval date. The matrix is sub-oval in shape, flat, and has a flat back with no evidence of any kind of attachment lug, rib or piercing. The front face is decorated with a central flower with six petals positioned within a crudely incised inner circle. The legend running around the outside of the circle is poorly preserved and perhaps not entirely literate, but clearly represents a personal name. It possibly reads +S'THOM[]D':D'E[], presumably for Thomas son of E?. The matrix measures 30.79mm in length, 27.82mm in width, 4.08mm in thickness, and weighs 19.19g. Lead personal seals such as this were in usage from the late 12th century AD. Harvey and McGuinness note that from the early 13th century they tend to be smaller in size and with the addition of an inner circle, such as is the case with the current example (Harvey and McGuinness, 1996: pp. 79-80). This indicates a similar date for the current example.
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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