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SEAL
Unique ID: WILT-888E3A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a post medieval lead alloy seal dating from c. AD 1600-1850. What remains is a sub semi circular flat piece of lead, probably originally circular but with an early break across the middle, and the remains of a broken tab at one edge. The seal may have been for wool or other cloth and has the inscription :S[...]//6=
The seal would have been 35.25mm in diameter. The fragment is 35.25mm x 30.38mm including the tab. It is 1.54mm thick. It weighs 12.59g.
Inscription:
:S[...]//6=
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.25 mm
Width: 30.38 mm
Weight: 12.59 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2017.44
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: West Tytherley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2830
Four figure Latitude: 51.06865338
Four figure longitude: -1.60176439
1:25K map: SU2830
1:10K map: SU23SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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