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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NMS-BFB993
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval lead cloth seal, large letter A (for mixed linen-warp and cotton weft fabrics from Augsburg, Germany) // pine cone. See Egan (1994) no.s 308-10. 16th/early 17th century.
Inscription:
large letter A (for mixed linen-warp and cotton weft fabrics from Augsburg, Germany) // pine cone
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 4th January 2010 - Monday 4th January 2010
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 41011
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Great Yarmouth (District)
Parish or ward: Mautby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG4612
Four figure Latitude: 52.649896
Four figure longitude: 1.635358
1:25K map: TG4612
1:10K map: TG41SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum |
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