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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: YORYM-BF1F58
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy seal matrix of medieval date. The die of the matrix is circular with a hexagonal sectioned handle extending from the reverse. The handle tapers to a triple circumferential collar from which a tri-lobed terminal projects. The die itself is decorated with an anonymous personal seal devise consisting of a forward facing robed figure surrounded by leaves. An accompanying circumferential legend reads: '+ECCE AGNVS DEI' ('Behold the Lamb of God').
The metal has a dark blackish-green patina and is worn. The seal matrix is 27.7mm tall, the handle is 9.4mm x 4.5mm, the die is 20.7mm in diameter and it weighs 12.1g.
It is much more common for this legend to be accompanied by a devise consisting of a lamb of which there are several parallels recorded on the PAS database, including IHS-FC7526, which discusses the meaning and significance of the Agnus Dei.
Class:
religious
Inscription:
ECCE AGNVS DEI
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: 27.7 mm
Width: 9.4 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 12.1 g
Diameter: 20.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hessle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0325
Four figure Latitude: 53.71126709
Four figure longitude: -0.44091475
1:25K map: TA0325
1:10K map: TA02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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