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SEAL
Unique ID: NLM-DDD14D
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; stamped, retaining no motif or lettering, but pitted by gnawing by vermin; patinated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1850-1950.
Diameter: 22.1mm, Thickness (at edge): 5.7mm, Weight: 9.85gms
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 9.85 g
Diameter: 22.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM40311
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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