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Description: | A Post-Medieval lead object of uncertain function, possibly a cloth seal or fastening of some kind. It is formed from two flat circular discs that at one end have a cylindrical projecting lug with large conical terminal. The lug is folded over so that it runs parallel to the plane of the discs. On both discs traces of lettering can be made out, although they are mostly too worn to identify in any detail. The disc facing away from the lug appears to have a central motif, perhaps a star or flower, surrounded by a legend of which only the letters X or N and possibly A can be identified. The other disc is less clear as it is partially obscured by the lug, but it appears to have similar, if not identical, decoration and lettering. The entire object measures 16.70mm in diameter at the discs, 24.86mm in length, and weighs 10.73g.The precise function of this object is uncertain. It may have served as a seal of some kind, as is suggested by the two lead discs. However, the elongated lug might hint at other usages as a fastener or similar object, but until such time as a close parallel can be identified this must remain conjectural. It is of Post-Medieval date, probably belonging in the 17th-18th centuries.
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