Sealing

Unique ID: CAM-3793F4

Object type certainty: Certain

A lead sealing dating to the Roman period. The sealing is approximately oval in shape and hemispherical in section. The sealing possesses a circular perforation running its width which would have originally secured the chord which attached the sealing to a package or document. On the upper flat surface of the sealing is a stamped rectangular panel. The raised letters AL[...]//VIA are visible within this panel. Roger Tomlin, Oxford University has commented that the logical interpretation of this inscription would be 'ALAE VI A[...]' although he knows of no known 'ala' in Britain. The sealing has a length of 24mm, a width of 16mm and a thickness of 10mm.

Inscription: AL[...]//VIA

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Post AD 43
Date to: Ante AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Stamped [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Parish: Godmanchester

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TL2467
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2005

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Philippa Walton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Philippa Walton - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Dr Roger Tomlin - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Thursday 10th November 2005
    Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011

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