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Description: | A small oval cast silver seal matrix with inset central cornelian intaglio. The intaglio is a reused Roman gem and the figure depicted is probably satyr of a type found incorporated into another medieval seal matrix, from North Walsham, Norfolk (pers. comm. Martin Henig). In both examples the satyr is walking to the right, of classicising style, and is datable to the end of the first century AD (Henig and Heslop 1986, 306). The seal matrix is flat with a stepped profile and at the upper end of the back is a round peirced lug. The legend, which reads clockwise when imprinted, reads SIGILL' SECRETI, meaning secret seal. The lettering is surrounded by a single line of beading. A crescent and star marks the point at which the legend starts. The seal is currently going through the Treasure process. | 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 | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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