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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: ESS-FE7782
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete, cast lead, post-medieval cloth seal. The object represents one half of the complete seal. It is a disc, being circular in plan and flat in section. The flat shank that would have linked this disc with its pair is now missing. One face of the disc is marked with a crude hexagram (star of David), suggesting it may be a kosher seal. A similar seal is reported from Lincolnshire as LIN-290B62. the seal is 20.33mm in diamter, 2.22mm thick and weighs 4.74g.
Class: Cloth
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.22 mm
Weight: 4.74 g
Diameter: 20.33 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th November 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OEF 5512
Materials and construction
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