Record ID: BH-988380
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A printing face from a post-Medieval to Modern seal matrix. The matrix comprises an oval cameo within a copper-alloy frame. The stone, translucent and deep orange in colour, is probably a banded agate. A Classical bust has been deeply cut into the surface of this stone. This image, which shows a young male facing left (when printed), wearing a lion skin on his head, is almost certainly a depiction of Hercules/Herakles. A deep groove extends around the vertical face of the rim, broken only by the two holes (one at either end) by which the rest of the matrix would have been attached,…
Created on: Monday 31st March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.