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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SUSS-8C7E03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval - Modern cast lead two disc cloth seal. The disks sit one on top of the other and are joined by a tab. One had a hole in the centre and the other a projecting point which has been pushed through the hole and then stamped flat to fix them together. The stamp has the word EARSE with a curved line below which splits at the end into two curled terminals, there may be a similar line above. The discs are 26.8mm in diameter, 35.3mm including the tab, 3.2mm thick and it weighs 15.35 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.3 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 15.35 g
Diameter: 26.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 27th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Arun (District)
To be known as: Near Goring by Sea
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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Paul Cannon wrote @ 21:05:31 on the 18th December 2011.
Another seal of this type on the PAS database is SUR-CDF0E5 - this better example shows that the name is actually Pearse . This seal was found in Surrey. The reverse of the Surrey example has clear numerals but unfortunately the scratched numerals on this West Sussex example are indistinct.
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