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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy pedestal type seal matrix with a circular face. On the impression the matrix has a beaded inner circle and a central design of a bird sat on a branch facing left. The branch consists of a trunk to the birds left and a branch at a right angle below, which is where the bird sits and from where a worm or possibly a rope hangs. The two branches continue beyond each other to form a small cross where they meet and end at two transverse ridges. The legend around the outside is illegible, possibly reading * LELAMIAIAVE .The central pedestal type handle rises from the face in six facets narrowing as it rises to a waist where it expands out again to a triple-ridged collar. Here the handle terminates ending in a flat, trefoil and circular suspension loop.The seal matrix is 19.24mm in maximum diameter at the face and stands 24.18mm tall; it weighs 7.87 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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SEAL MATRIX
An incomplete copper alloy Pedestal/Pendant…
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