Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33932 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval seal matrix |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1998 recovered an inscribed medieval seal matrix.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 96 81 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL98SE |
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| Parish: | RIDDLESWORTH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1998.Metal detecting.
Medieval flat elongated lead seal matrix with suspension loop at top. Design in centre is an eight-petalled flower. Legend around reads: S'ISABELF'GEIDVN (Seal of Isabell daughter of Geidun).
(S1), (S2).
Identified by K. Sussams (NCM), September 1998.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
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 26, p 355. |
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