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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: WMID545
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Circular Base. The face of the matrix is unfinished. In the centre is a pin indentation with an incised circle around it. (11.16mm diam.) A cross pattee is the initial mark. There appears to have been four letters which have been incised. The first 'S' is back to front and this may be the reason why the seal is not completed. The 'U' and 'O' appear to be disproportionate sizes, the 'U' being the larger. The style of lettering is indistinguishable. Probably Medieval. Flat back with incomplete loop.
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Inscription:
S (Backwards) U O ?S
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1485
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 23.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Impression WMID 545/153 No. 12
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: KENT RINGWOULD WITH KINGSDOWN
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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