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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-37EB89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead bag seal. The mangled and partly melted relict of a bag seal, bearing traces of two or three lines of stamped text on one side. What remains appears as: [--]?N / [--]ROS[-] / [-]VI[-] - though this is emphatically an impression rather than a reading. Linear marks on the other side may be imprints from coarsely woven sacking. The size of characters and their arrangement may points to a customs seal from the Russian end of the Baltic trade, providing hemp and other agricultural commodities. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1812-1848.
Diameter: 23.8mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 11.56gms
Class: Bag Closure
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 1812
Date to: Circa AD 1848
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 11.56 g
Diameter: 23.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38996
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
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: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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