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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: IHS-DB1FA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
a pointed oval (vesica-shaped) seal matrix, damaged (bottom right-hand corner of face, including point absent) meaning that some of the legend is missing. Back has a design of a slender fleur-de-lys with two curving falls and three uprights above. The base of the fleur is the top of the matrix when judged by the legend; a small suspension loop at the top of the matrix, bottom of the fleur, is broken. Device of a "trident" with prongs consisting of one vertical and the others at 45 degrees either side of it; a crescent joins all three points. At the opposite end, a short cross-piece is at the bottom of the shaft; the whole may be intended for a hay-rake? An uneven line separates the device area from the legend.
Notes:
Letters are quite large, but relatively tidy - possibly early 13th c. Owner could be male or female: the Christian name might be a shortened for of Alissaundre (Alexander) but it is equally likely that it is a female name such as Alis (Alice, Alison).
Class:
personal
Sub class: woman
Inscription:
+S' ALI-------E_ES
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1199
Date to: AD 1299
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Originally York Sealmat 20
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wilberfoss (Civil Parish)
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