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Record ID: NLM184
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Carnelian seal set in a pressed sheet metal fob, conical with concave sides marked by grooves in the form of inverted T. Stone oval, heavily veined and bearing the profile of a helmeted warrior. Traces of gilding survive, loop missing. Height 18.9mm, Diameters (oval) 21.3 x 15.9mm, Mass 4.40g
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 1998
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
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This findspot is known as 'HARROGATE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM185
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small and simple, single loop, inscription illegible.
The drawing shows a seal matrix with a conical handle ending in a simple circular loop. The circular die is engraved with a central motif of three letters under an angled contraction mark, with a cross above that also serves as the initial mark of the inscription. The inscription apparently has no borders, and cannot be read from the drawing. The three central letters are apparently IIC, but this may be an error for IhC; this falls into the 'Christogram' class of central design (McEwan 2016, table 1.3). Whether this error was …
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 1998
Last updated: Monday 30th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'HARROGATE', grid reference and parish protected.
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