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SEAL MATRIX
Unique ID: WILT-250DA7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A medieval lead alloy seal matrix, probably dating to AD 1200-1350. The matrix is pointed oval or vesica shaped and flat, with a central rib along the reverse with the vestigial remains of a perforated lug at on end. The face of the seal is engraved with a depiction of a lion rampant, within the inscription (in retrograde): RICARD(I GAGGAL).
Length 30.5mm; width 21.2mm; thickness 5.2mm; weight 10.34g.
Crude lead personal seals with simple non-heraldic designs are thought to date to the 13th and early 14th centuries (Harvey & Mcguiness 1996: 79-80).
Notes:
SSC survey
Class:
personal
Sub class: man
Inscription:
RICARD(I GAGGAL)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 10.34 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5557
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Salisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1332
Four figure Latitude: 51.08717029
Four figure longitude: -1.81576919
1:25K map: SU1332
1:10K map: SU13SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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