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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: SUR-ADC084
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A circular lead seal matrix; there is no trace of a handle. In the centre is a crudely incised crescent and star. Surrounding this is an equally crudely cast legend, some letters of which appear to have been further worked (?with a knife).
The inscription S'IOHIS FIL RADULFI can be translated as 'The seal of John Fitz Ralph'.
On the back is an incised design formed of curvilinear lines and triangles, the meaning of which is unclear.
Inscription:
S'IOHIS FIL RADULFI
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 30.21 g
Diameter: 31 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1987
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Tandridge (District)
Parish or ward: Limpsfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3855
Four figure Latitude: 51.27744
Four figure longitude: -0.022871
1:25K map: TQ3855
1:10K map: TQ35NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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