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Description: | Circular lead seal matrix, 31 mm in diameter. At the top is a suspension loop turned at right angles to the plane of the matrix, and looking very much like the loop of a horse-harness pendant. The central motif is a horse-shoe, formed from a U-shaped groove with four deeper blobs on each half. The blobs may all represent nails, or may represent three nails and a calkin on each half. The inscription is well engraved, evenly spaced and easy to read: + SIGILL GERARDI HORSSO. Richard Coates of the University of Sussex has commented that this is probably a surname alluding to a trade, rather than a place-name; the surname Horseshoe appears to still be in existence, although rare. A very nicely made and interesting seal matrix dating to the 13th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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