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SEAL
Unique ID: BERK-279765
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval or Modern uniface bag or bale seal. It is circular ln plan and has a slot through the seal from edge to edge. One face is blank and the other is stamped with crossed keys with a number 1 between the handles. Many similar seals can be seen on the internet bag seal gallery at http://www.bagseals.org/gallery/main.php. The records there note that this is a Russian bale seal for flax and cites Fig.81 p.63, John Sullivan, 'Russian Cloth Seals in Britain Trade, Textiles and Origins', 2012. The reference states that the distinctive cross-key motif is derived from the Arms of the town of Riga, The number between the two keys handles indicates the quality of the goods inspected (1, 2 or 3), number 1 being the most frequently found. Date circa 1700-1900 AD. Dimensions: diameter 18.99mm; thickness 4.42mm; weight 14.89g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers Wantage Rally 1-2 September 2007
Class: Bale
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.42 mm
Weight: 14.89 g
Diameter: 18.99 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Chain Hill (nr Wantage) 07
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Tkt 401
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Secondary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Wantage
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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