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SEAL
Unique ID: LIN-4959D3
Object type certainty: Certain
A nineteenth century lead Russian bale seal of St. Petersburg. The seal is circular and has letters on both sides. The letters are very worn in places and the date is incomplete, reading 180[ ]. Side A reads: CAB/HoR (alpha)/A??/180[ ] Side B reads: ?ARH/??TL/???.
The letters CAB (or SPB) stand for St. Petersburg. The seal indicates that the goods have been checked for quality and/or taxed. Such seals were attached to flax and hemp seed bags and finished linen.
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1801
Date to: AD 1809
Dimensions and weight
Diameter: 20 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Parish: Roughton
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF2364
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Personal details
Recorded by: Adam Daubney
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Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Thursday 2nd October 2008
Updated: Thursday 13th October 2011
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