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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-D02093
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cloth seal fragment. A pair of cast linked discs of thin [0.9mm] sheet or foil with a protrusion from one probably passing through the hole in the middle of the other. A stamped or clamped motif of a bovine or, less likely, equine head facing appears on one side. The other side bears a casually incised graffito of four or five characters in a curvilinear script. Abraded, with a fragment of one disc detached in the course of examination. Suggested date: Post-Meduieval, 1600-1750.
Diameter: 24.2mm, Thickness (overall): 4.6mm, Weight: 8.22gms
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 8.22 g
Diameter: 24.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23808
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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