CLOTH SEAL

Unique ID: SF10830

A lead two-part cloth seal measuring 28.9mm in diameter, disc 1 shows traces of moulding but whatever is depicted is not clear. Disc 2 has two circular grooves next to eachother near to one edge. Cloth seals were used in europe from the 13th to the 19th centuries to mark cloth for commercial sale (Egan 1995, 1).

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1066

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 15.7 g
Diameter: 28.9 mm
Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

Personal details

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Recorded by: Miss Faye Minter - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Miss Faye Minter - [view all attributed records]

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Materials and construction

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

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Spatial metadata

Region: East
County: Suffolk
District: Mid Suffolk
To be known as: BRAISEWORTH

Spatial coordinates

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Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Egan, G., 1994. Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum, British Museum Occasional Papers, 93 London : Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum, pp1

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