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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NMS-3043C5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Lead circular two-part cloth seal of diameter 17.5mm, with the Arms of Norwich (incomplete) and the inscription // TO / NARO / WE meaning "the cloth is too narrow". Compare IOW-CB8123.
Inscription:
Arms of Norwich (incomplete) // TO / NARO / WE
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 1540
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2011 - Saturday 30th April 2011
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 31761
Materials and construction
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