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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-F37116
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead
Bag Seal. Cast hollow disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated aperture in the opposite edge, to serve as a closure with a drawstring. Stamped with legend on both sides: M with a pellet border on one side, EDALSA POT on the other, also with pellet border. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950.
Diameter: 18.5mm, Thickness: 5.4mm, Weight: 6.55gms.
Class:
Bag Closure
Inscription:
EDALSA POT / M
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 6.55 g
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 15th October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM17174
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barton upon Humber
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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