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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: DOR-45BDAE
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A lead cloth seal. There are two main discs with a smaller one at either end, one with an integral stud and the other with a sub circular aperture which formed the means of attachment when the seal was folded. One disc has a cast design of a crowned fluer de lys. The othe disc has an incised letter W.
Date: Medieval to Post Medieval- c. 1300 - 1650 AD.
Dimensions: 21.07 mm x 15.32 mm x 1.33 mm
Weight: 5.95 g
Class: Four part
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Exactly AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.07 mm
Width: 15.32 mm
Thickness: 1.33 mm
Weight: 5.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 12th October 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 022435
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