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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SOM-83F4E6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, of two disc type, from Augsburg. One disc survives with the integral central rivet which previously held the two together. The edge is broken and torn at one point where the connecting strip has broken away along with the second, ring shaped, disc, the damage is the same patina as the rest of the fragment. The front has a raised design of a large letter A within a circular border of oval pellets alternating between ovals going around the circle and ones at right angles. On the back the rivet is stamped with part of the design of a pinecone, the rest was lost on the other disc. It is now 21.4mm by 20.0mm, 3.1mm thick and it weighs 4.98 grams.
The 'A' and pinecone design indicates it originates from Augsburg, Germany; the pinecone is the heraldic badge of the city (Egan 2004, 106). Egan provides parallels (ibid.) nos. 308-10, suggesting such seals were attached to fustians and dated to the 16th or 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 4.98 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16740
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alvediston CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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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