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CLOTH SEAL
Unique ID: SWYOR-6F3342
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A lead Post Medieval cloth seal, probably dating from AD 1500 - 1700. It is a two disc seal, or possibly an incomplete four disc seal. The legiable face has the letters BB (the first one retrogade) with either an X or scissors between them, and a probable crown above. The seal has a well developed cream to yellow patina. The seal is 16.8mm long, 13.1mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 3.8g. No close parallel has been found, but another seal with a B and scissors on is HAMP-94BB12, and SUR-143677 has the royal cipher of William III which is a crown over R (retrograde) W R which has similarities.
Inscription:
BB
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.8 mm
Width: 13.1 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3170
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wath (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4599
Four figure Latitude: 53.48579926
Four figure longitude: -1.32331011
1:25K map: SK4599
1:10K map: SK49NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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