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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: CAM-3F1AC5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix depicting the head of John the Baptist with a personal name around the outside: S' E L ** I S..). The loop of the seal matrix is broken off. Diameter: 16.36mm, height: 11.04mm; weight; 4.95g.
Helen Geake writes: From the photograph this appears to be of the type with a conical handle,but that most of the handle is missing. When the image is manipulated slightly the central image becomes clearer, but appears to be that of a profile bust with neck and collar, rather than the head of John the Baptist. It is enclosed within a narrow grooved circle, and outside is the inscription * IE SV SEL V (I am a seal v). The V may be simply a space-filler; there is a further oblique space-filling line beyond it. Anonymous seal matrices such as these tend to be dated to the 14th century.
Class:
anonymous
Inscription:
* IE SV SEL V
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.04 mm
Weight: 4.95 g
Diameter: 16.36 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd August 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: West Wratting (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6051
Four figure Latitude: 52.134138
Four figure longitude: 0.336312
1:25K map: TL6051
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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