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Description: | A two-disc, lead-alloy cloth seal. The closing rivet is double, like a split pin. The face of the seal shows the legend 'nam' in lombardic script within an outer circle of pellets. The 'n' of the legend breaks the pellet circle on the left hand edge of the seal. The central upright and right hand upright of the 'm' continue below the base of the letter, bending at an angle of 45 degrees to the right and reaching to the outer pellet circle. There is an additional pellet within the outer circle below the 'a' of the legend. The lettering can also be read the otherway up as 'wer'. The seall is 17mm in diameter and 4.5mm thick. It weighs 5.43gm. This type of cloth seal was used throughout the Medieval and post medieval periods. Similar objects are discussed in the Finds Research Group datasheet number 3 by Geoff Egan.
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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