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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SOM-9AC6E2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a post medieval lead alnage or subsidy cloth seal. Part of a four-disc seal probably from the series featuring a monarch's head. The remaining section is the inner disc of a conjoined pair with part of the rectangular tab with joined the pairs on one side, now bent backwards. The remaining disc has a harp with I over 4 to the left and possibly an unclear symbol to the right all within a double border of a plain line within a pellet border. It measures 14.2mm wide by 13.2mm long, 1.1 mm thick excluding the tab and weighs 1.54g.
Egan (1994, 60) states 'the relief designs on these alnage seals (16th-18th century seals that show tax has been paid) are characterised by fine detail resulting from well-engraved dies'. Similar examples published by Egan and on this database, such as SUSS-C4E0B8, from the later 17th century and early 18th century are all of a crowned harp suggesting this example with the uncrowned harp may be earlier or later than than that period.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1600
Date to: Exactly AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.2 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 1.54 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16730
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Chedzoy CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1994 | Lead cloth seals and related items in the British Museum | London | Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities, British Museum |
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