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Description: | An incomplete cast and engraved lead alloy flat seal matrix of pointed oval shape, dating from AD 1200-1400. One of the pointed ends and a section of the body have been torn away and are missing. There is no stiffening rib on the reverse but part of a suspension loop, now flattened, remains at the broken end.Both the central motif and the legend are very worn but the central motif, which is engraved, is probably of a star of six or eight points, the two arms of the star aligned with the long axis of the matrix being longer than the others. A few of the letters of the legend are visible, possibly reading: "[-](R)OB[...](IS)A'(FI)[...]", (perhaps Seal of Robert ...). There is a line border, possibly beaded, between the motif and the inscription. The outer edge is too damaged to determine whether there was a border.The seal is 29.3mm long, 21.2mm wide and 6.8mm thick. It weighs 9.02gm. It has a white patina which is cracked, suggestign some of the bending occured post-deposition.
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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