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Description: | An incomplete Medieval copper alloy seal matrix. The matrix is sub-circular at the flat base and has an incurving conical body tapering towards a double-banded collar. On top of the collar there is a centrally pierced loop terminal (now obscured) which may originally have been a trefoil shape, but now has the side foils missing through old breaks. The engraved base appears to represent a bird with an open beak in the crook of a tree branch, with what appears to be a snake at the cruciform junction of the branches. The inscription is difficult to resolve and has a missing section but purports to read as follows; (narrow armed star) LEL AMI AVET which translated means 'You have a loyal friend'. Circa 14th century AD. Dimensions: diameter of matrix 19.78mm; length 24.65mm; weight 9.45g.
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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SEAL MATRIX
Cast copper-alloy seal-matrix. Shield-shaped matrix…
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