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Description: | A cast copper alloy seal matrix (diameter: 20.9mm; thickness [including loop]: 8.8mm; weight: 5.41g). Circular in shape, this seal has a fleur de lys in the centre surrounded by a barbed quatrefoil. A slight incised border runs around this design, with the inscription round the outer edge. Due to wear and corrosion, it is difficult to identify the inscription as most of the letters are very hard to see. It is also difficult to confirm whether the inscription is written clockwise. Possible letters identified include an 'S', 'O' and an 'A'. The seal is also worn and corroded on the back, particularly around the edges. There is a circular suspension loop protruding out from the back by approximately 6mm, as well as a slight ridge down the back from the loop. The seal is in a worn and poor conditon with a dark green patchy patina, but the central features on the front are still particularly clear.
Other seal matrices of these form are illustrated in Read's, 2001, 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity', pages 75 & 79 and are dated to the 14th century AD. | 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: | 1300
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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