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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: BERK-64D334
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead alloy cloth seal dating from the 17th century. This is part of a four-element seal with only one element surviving. The seal is from Wesel in Germany and would have sealed bales of bombasine cloth. In the centre of the seal are two crowned B's and circumferential around the edge is the inscription [FINN] BOMASIN IE DER WESE[L], which translates to 'Fine bombasin of Wesel'. The seal has a small knop protruding from the base where it would have adjoined the next seal plate, and there is damage to the top quarter. Otherwise the seal is in very good condition.
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 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.68 mm
Weight: 10.6 g
Diameter: 37.54 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2010.662
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Dorchester (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5893
Four figure Latitude: 51.63282905
Four figure longitude: -1.16339493
1:25K map: SU5893
1:10K map: SU59SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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