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SEAL MATRIX

Unique ID: LVPL2339

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy medieval seal matrix. Circular, hexagonal conical handle with loop at the top. In the centre is a squirrel within a circle. What remains of the Lombardic legend reads ]NOTIS. The full legend would have read 'I CRAKE NOTIS' (I crack nuts), a recorded non-personal seal inscription. The squirrel is crisp but some of the legend is damaged.

Inscription: [I CRAKE ]NOTIS

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st July 2002

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Nantwich (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SJ6452
Four figure Latitude: 53.064022
Four figure longitude: -2.538663
1:25K map: SJ6452
1:10K map: SJ65SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Spoil heaps of development site
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Other

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Williams, D.H.	1993	Catalogue of Seals in the National Museum of Wales: seal dies, Welsh seals, papal bullae	Cardiff	National Museums and Galleries of Wales		W438

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Recording Institution: LVPL
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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