The Portable Antiquities Scheme
MEDIEVAL SEAL MATRIX
1300
Round bottom part of seal, handle broken off, shank 6 sided. Central field with unidentifiable squiggle.The drawing shows a circular die engraved with what is probably an animal, perhaps a squirrel. The surrounding inscription is between two beaded borders, and apparently reads *IESVVPPIVE - probably a mis-reading for IE SV PRIVE (I am private), although whether this was on the original matrix or is an error on the part of the illustrator is not known. 14th century.
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