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Description: | Cast lead seal matrix dating to the Medieval period, (1100-1500).The object is circular in plan with a rounded projection on the upper face. There is a eight leafed design cut into the reverse. Around the outside of the design is the inscription: S'PHYLIP F'PHYLIP, which could translate as Seal of Philip, son of Philip indicating that this is a personal seal (sigillum). Cherry (1997, p.124) states that: "There was a widespread fashion among all classes for sealing, from the late twelfth to the fourteenth century." He adds (ibid., p128) that in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries many seals were produced in lead or copper alloy which had simple devices on them such as stars, fleurs-de-lys or religious subjects, and the owners names. A similar example which can be found on the database is ESS-0C2DF2 and SF-68E227
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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