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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: NMS-CF796B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval seal matrix, copper alloy, flat, with slight median rib with pierced lug at one end on the reverse (behind the tail of the squirrel on the face). Circular, 19.5mm. Eight-pointed star formed of two interlaced squares framing a squirrel eating a nut to sinister. G E T E G E (?perhaps an abbreviated version of LEGE TEGE: read, conceal). The letters are placed between the points of the star). 14th century.
Inscription:
G E T E G E
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2020 - Monday 31st August 2020
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 62225
Other reference: NMD102020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Blofield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3210
Four figure Latitude: 52.63811192
Four figure longitude: 1.4273965
1:25K map: TG3210
1:10K map: TG31SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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