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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: SUSS-804231
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, copper alloy, Post medieval, seal matrix, AD. 1450-1700. The seal comprises an openwork quatrefoil handle and suspension loop, the larger of the loops has broken leaving only the three smaller loops below. These are supported by a long waisted neck that emerges from the back of the oval matrix. The matrix deisgn itself is a H W with a floral design emerging from between and flaring above and below the letters. The whole design is set withing a recessed border.
Inscription:
H W
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 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.52 mm
Height: 22.37 mm
Width: 13.33 mm
Weight: 3.25 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)
Parish or ward: Amberley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0212
Four figure Latitude: 50.89848019
Four figure longitude: -0.5509236
1:25K map: TQ0212
1:10K map: TQ01SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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