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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: GLO-FF1E94
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
~~This is an incomplete post medieval, lead cloth searchers seal dating to AD.18th century. This comprises of two rectangular plates that joined by a narrow strip and folded together. These have been secured to one another by a central rivet at one end that is integral to one plate and pierces the front face of the other.
Obverse: W.SINIGER / XVIII (II laying on its side) L / V(or N) Q III NR
Reverse: W / ELLI / OTS / IOR (the first half of this plate is missing)
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 14.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Sunday 2nd April 2017
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Cowley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9214
Four figure Latitude: 51.82456171
Four figure longitude: -2.11747954
1:25K map: SO9214
1:10K map: SO91SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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