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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: NARC-49D116
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy seal matrix featuring a stag facing right. The edges are damaged and chipped, obscuring some of the legend. The face is circular in plan and the handle is hexagonal in cross-section. The suspension loop is trefoil in shape.
The legend reads: +ALAS BOWDELES, a Medieval hunting cry. See SWYOR-6402C0, LON-CEB577 and YORYM-79E0C1 for similar legends. A matrix with a similar stag device can be seen at PUBLIC-BC94B7.
Inscription:
+ALAS BOWDELES
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Weight: 10.29 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Brigstock (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9385
Four figure Latitude: 52.45504601
Four figure longitude: -0.63282741
1:25K map: SP9385
1:10K map: SP98NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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