Record ID: LIN-6C1AF7 - MODERN seal

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SEAL

Unique ID: LIN-6C1AF7

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Russian lead bale seal

A lead Russian bale seal dating to the nineteenth century probably from the Estonian port of Narva. The seal is circular with a hole for the cord running from side to side. One side reads: ?N P./[ ]?I 1 9 H/[1]821. The other side reads: ЛA /?A K y ?Y / [ ]O B ?S / [ ]2.

Lead-alloy seals such as this one were attached to bundles of flax and hemp exported from Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Length: 21 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Gainsborough

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

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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