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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-B71EDB
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with traces of apertures on opposite edges. One side bears the crudely stamped letters or monogram: MR. The other side has a device comprising a vertical line crossed by three shorter horizontal lines, in form resembling a merchant's mark.
Paul Cannon and Stuart Elton have kindly combined their efforts in clarifying the origin of the seal, identifying its motif as a cross on shield with pellets. It was issued at the Baltic ports for attachment to a consignment of flax.
Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Diameter: 18.8mm, Thickness: 3.8mm, Weight: 9.00gms
Class:
Bag Closure
Inscription:
MR
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 9 g
Diameter: 18.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 26th January 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34997
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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