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Description: | A small seal matrix with a conical handle, cast in copper alloy and then chip-carved. The conical handle is hexagonal in cross-section. The die is sub-circular, and is decorated with a lion rampant (it may alternatively be a leopard or other similar predatory beast), around which is a partially-surviving beaded circle. This artefact is in poor condition, with some loss of surface along with most of the edges of the die. The end of the handle, which would presumably have been pierced, is also missing, and the stump is eroded and corroded. The artefact retains some of its original smooth surface on the sides of the handle. The surface of the die is better preserved, but has a matt surface; these areas are dark green. The corroded areas are light brownish-green in colour, and the stump of the handle is mid greyish-brown. This item dates to the 13th-14th centuries. | 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: | 1150
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Dom Andrews | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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