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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-C94F6E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead bag seal. Cast disc with a slot in one edge and a bifurcated slot in the opposite edge, to function as a drawstring bag closure. Both sides bear the 'pelican in its piety', the brand mark of Earles cement works; together with a circumferential legend, now indistinct. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1890-1940.
Diameter: 22.7mm, Thickness (maximum, at edge of disc): 6.4mm, Weight: 11.76gms
Class: Bag Closure
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1890
Date to: Circa AD 1940
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 11.76 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37473
Materials and construction
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: Amcotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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