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Description: | Cast lead Russian oval hemp seal with two sub-rectangular slots opposite each other on each side of the seal, which would have allowed the sealing cord to pass through the seal and attach it to the bale of cloth.Obverse inscription: ПД / Я:KУДPЯEBЬ / H1(8) Reverse inscription: CПБ / ПEH.? / M.C / 184(1)The ПД translates to PD and refers to the inspected hemp. The Hemp Inspector is Ya.KUDRAEV, working out of number 18 post in the port of Konigsberg, Kronstadt, Libnau, Memel, Narva, Pernau, Reval, Riga, St Petersburg, or Tilsit in the year 1841. All of these ports used CПБ (SPB) for their flax seals fromr the year 1829 onwards..The Grower/Owner/Agent initials are MC with ПEH (PEN = Penka = Hemp) plants in the bale and the grade will be 1, 2 or 3. I say 1841 because that is the latest year of a ПEH seal that we have (Ged Dodd pers comm).See the reference on his database of Russian bale seals:IDS 920 on http://peacehavens.co.uk/BSINDENT900.htmThese types of seal were used as a means to monitor and ensure the quality of products such as flax hemp from Russia (Sullivan, J. 2000 'Lead Seals of Russian Origin in Fife' Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume 6, pp.211-227).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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