Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32870 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval seal matrix |
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Summary
Metal detecting on this site uncovered a medieval conical seal matrix. It is a circular die engraved with a lion's head facing front with its tongue sticking out. Inscribed around it is * S ' IOhAN DE VCAM ('Seal of John of Uckham'?).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 06 94 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM09SE |
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| Parish: | BESTHORPE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Summer 1996. Metal detecting by [1]. Information from [2].
Conical seal matrix with hexagonal facetted handle ending in a lozenge terminal pierced with a quatrefoil. Circular die engraved with a lion's head, facing front, tongue sticking out, and, around, * S ' IOhAN DE VCAM (`Seal of John of Uckham'?). (S2).
Medieval.
I.D. H.Geake (NCM).
See (S1).
D.Gurney (NLA) 12 August 1997.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Geake, H., Rogerson, A. and Ashley, S. 1999. Medieval Seal Matrices from Norfolk, 1996-1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 353-358. no 27, p 355. |
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