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Description: | An irregular shaped piece of lead bearing the impression of a seal. The lead is roughly oval in plan with a flat base and rounded edges. The impression is oval, measuring 17mm x 14mm with a small oval impression at the top and the bottom each measuring 2mm x 2mm. These two oval impressions are most likely indentations made by the shoulders of the finger ring as it was pushed into the semi-molten lead. A ghost impression of the perimeter of the seal is visible on the reverse.The seal impression depicts a figure seated or kneeling left with right arm outstreched. The figure appears to be holding or feeding a snake.Martin Henig has commented that the figure looks very like Hygeia (Roman Salus) as per Henig Corpus number 286 probably from Chester.Other lead sealings are known from the region, specifically four lead sealings from Kirmington (Britannia Vol. 6, 1975, pp. 208-9, pl. xiii a and b).
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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