Record ID: NMGW-639629
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead circular lead Papal Bulla of medieval date (c.1150-1500). Heavily worn and the face has no trace of the stamp meaning a specific Pope cannot be identified. On the obverse it is just possible to identify the letters SPASPE - 'SPA' for St. Paul to the left and 'SPE' for St. Peter to the right. The top of the head of St. Peter is also visible.  A broad Medieval date range is given due to inability to identify a specific Pope. The object has a brownish-grey colour and measures 37.9mm in diameter, is a distorted c.4.7mm thick and weighs 41.9…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1EC881
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead, iron, and copper alloy steelyard weight of roman date (c.AD 43 – 410). The weight is anthropomorphic, and is in the form of a female bust modelled in copper alloy around a lead core for the head and an iron core for the neck and chest. The head is rounded face on but somewhat flattened in profile. The detailing of the face and hair is executed only frontally, using moulding and incised decoration to form a round face with a fairly prominent brow, wide nose, almond shaped eyes, and full lips surrounded by coiffured hair. The neck is 18.9mm in diameter and extends down an…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADC381
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead steelyard weight with iron suspension loop, probably of Roman date The cast weight is of flattened biconical form and is near-complete, missing part of one end loop (with a surviving length of 42.5mm) and currently weighs 86.7g. The surviving iron loop (10.4mm high and 10.5mm wide), defines a circular loop (with internal diameter of 6.8mm) and is of circular sectioned wire (2.5mm diameter). The lead weight is irregular (26.8mm long and with a diameter of 26.2mm - 27.9mm). The wire loop at the other end is incomplete and is slightly wider (with a surviving width of 12.2mm). N…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0520FC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, missing the neck and mouth (with a surviving length of 25.5mm and a weight of 18.1g). The ampulla has broken across the widest part of the body (with a width of 26.0mm and a maximum width of 30.2mm). The obverse face is decorated with fine ribbing representing the scallop shell, of Spencer’s (1990, p 59) [1] Type II, The face is now slightly dished but would have been comparatively flat (giving a maximum thickness of 5.6mm). The reverse face has a bevelled side decorated with hatching bef…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A8BA24
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The cast seal matrix is of circular form and is near-complete but heavily-worn (with a maximum diameter of 25.5mm and a weight of 26.1g). The rear of the seal is convex (5.6mm thick) with a sub-rectangular loop at the apex (giving an overall depth of 11.2mm, 11.6mm long, 5.5mm thick and with an internal diameter of 3.8mm). The seal legend is worn and is now difficult to read. The central device is geometric, probably a stylised head. The encircling legend appears to read: + S‘ E I : V A S I C A P E W I h The legend, …
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B26B4A
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight The weight is of shield-shaped form and is near-complete but has damage cuts to the top surface (with a length of 56.8mm). The top edge is near-straight (where it has a maximum width of 52.1mm), the sides are gently convex and converge to the base. The sides are also slightly angled towards the top face. The face as a border (of 5mm) before a step (of 2.8mm) defining an inner shield (42mm long and 31mm wide). Any decoration on the shield in no longer evident. The rear of the weight is flat and is not decorated. The weight has a current weight of 225.1g…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A07C44
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead powder cap of 17th century date The cap is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted diameter of 29.3mm, x 13.1mm, a base diameter of 18-19mm, a width, including lugs of 28.2mm, a height of 18.4mm and a weight of 17.1g). Both lugs are present (with a width of 8.1mm, a length of 7mm and a thickness of 2mm). The mouth has an external mounding but no casting seams or ribs are evident.
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3DF287
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead steelyard weight probably of Roman date The lead weight is of biconical form and has lost the iron suspension loop (with a surviving length of 42.5mm). The remains of iron wire are evident at the apex . The weight is of irregular, sub-circular section and is widest around its midsection (with a diameter of 40.3mm - 44.3mm). Although the surface is heavily-corroded, no ribbed decoration is discernible on the surface of the weight. The weight has few diagnostic features and weighs 408.9grams, which closely corresponds (at 99.9%) to 1¼ libra (Roman pound) weight (equating to …
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 7th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E9EC71
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval toy hornbook made from lead, of 17th century date The lead tablet is near-complete; it is flat and rectangular with a short wide handle emerging from the centre of one of the shorter sides, which tapers slightly before ending in a circular terminal (diameter 16.2mm). The hornbook is however missing two of its rounded corner knops. It has a length of 88.7mm, a surviving width of 44.1mm, a thickness of 1.5-2.0mm and a weight of 27.2g. The front of the hornbook bears four rows of letters in relief comprising the alphabet. Each row is flanked and divided by a border of…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-C1DD42
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy strap-end, probably of late 14th or 15th century date The strap-end is of hollow-ended type, with a cast front plate and sheet back plate. The sheet back plate has been lost. The strap-end has an overall length of 51.5mm, a maximum width at the attachment edge of 26.3mm and a weight of 13.6g. The strap was secured within a trapezoidal box with converging sides (19.7mm x 18.1mm, internal dimensions) by four copper alloy rivet, two of which remain in-situ. The front of the box was decorated with an inscription in Black Lettering. The inscription is now difficult to r…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-1C3607
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, probably of late 14th to early 16th century date. The ampulla has suffered some damage, particularly to the reverse side and has a height of 52.69mm. The neck has straight sides which diverge towards the top with a damaged width of 28.81mm. The loops are missing, but begun at the beginning of the neck and had an external length of 13mm. The obverse face has a floral design comprising four large petals or leaves with central ribs and four more leaves in the interstices. The design on the reverse is harder to discern because of the damage. At the bottom is a hatc…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7AAC02
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Medieval personal seal matrix, probably dating to the first half of 14th century. The matrix is of pointed oval shape and flat. The rear of the matrix has a perforated lug at the apex (now bent against the back), and a raised rib running along the length of the matrix. The die has a central floral motif consisting of an eight-pointed star. The encircling legend is in Lombardic lettering and is now very difficult to discern. There is the suggestion of letters beginning: S ' THOME (Seal of Thomas) with the second half of the inscription illegible. The surface of the die is cracked …
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2004
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A3B7B7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Lead weight, probably for coinage.
Created on: Thursday 6th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D20231
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete lead ampulla of Medieval date, probably dating from the 14th or 15th century. The obverse is decorated with a lozenge design divided into eight triangles by a cross and two diagonals. The exterior of the lozenge is decorated with a hatched pattern. The reverse has a wide cross within a shield. The body is separated from the closed neck by two parallel lines on each face. Both the loops at the base of the neck are missing, the base of one of the loops has a rounded protrusion of uncertain function. The ampulla has suffered some damage to the top of the neck.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3344
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Non-heraldic personal vesica-shaped lead, or lead alloy, seal matrix with a central, elongated feathered star design, and longitudinal and transverse ribs (in an arrangement similar to a fleur-de-lis motif) and damaged attachment loop on the reverse. The lower end of the matrix is missing. The legend reads: S' EDIth M.chI 'S (possibly indicating the seal of Edith Michaels). Dimensions 31mm x 22.5mm , weight 12.5 grams. Late twelfth to fourteenth century in date.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3347
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Non-heraldic personal vessica-shaped lead, or lead alloy, seal matrix with a central, elongated feathered star design, and longitudinal and transverse ribs (in an arrangement similar to a fleur-de-lis motif) and damaged attachment loop on the reverse. The lower end of the matrix is missing. The legend reads: S' EDIth M.chI 'S (the seal of Edith Michaels?). Dimensions 31mm x 22.5mm , weight 12.5 grams. Late twelfth to fourteenth century in date.
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3193
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead pot-mend? Lead or lead alloy waisted casting sub-circular in shape, dished on one face (20 x 15mm) and slightly domed on the other (26 x 18mm). Probably a makeshift repair made from melted lead to fill a hole in a ceramic vessel. No trace of attached pottery. Date: Roman - Post-medieval (although Roman examples probably neater). Weight 18.5 grams. (Bancroft, Buckinghamshire) Roman i.e. Bird 1994, 348, no.313, fig.174. (London) Medieval i.e. Egan 1998, 240-242, nos.734-747, fig.188.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2001
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW3195
Object type: POT
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead pot-mend? Lead or lead alloy waisted casting sub-circular in shape, dished on one face (20 x 16mm) and slightly domed on the other (32 x 24mm). No trace of attached pottery. Weight 27.9 grams
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3178
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead, or lead alloy, cast token (two-sided). Crudely made and probably cast. Obv: Pictorial design of stickman with exaggerated hands. Rev: Pictorial design of an eight-legged animal with split tail. Probably a scorpion. Diameter 24-25mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 8.7g. Cast in bivalve mould. Lead tokens in various forms were used for a multitude of functions and circulated from the medieval period to the 19th century. Although a fairly common detector find, little is known about the date, place of issue and circulation of tokens. Possibly: trade tokens, counters, tavern tokens, gaming …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW368
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Octagonal-sectioned tapering lead, or lead-alloy, weight. The weight is pinched and perforated at its narrowest end for suspension. Possibly for use with a steelyard. The close dating of lead weights is difficult; excavated examples range in date from the Roman period until the nineteenth century. Brian Read has published a similar example which he dates to the 12th to 13th century (Read 1995, 99, no.609). Height 20mm, maximum width 15mm
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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