File:Post Medieval Russian flax bale seal (FindID 821827).jpg

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Post Medieval Russian flax bale seal
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2017-01-03 15:02:43
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Post Medieval Russian flax bale seal
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A post Medieval Russian flax bale seal dating to the year 1838. The lead seal is irregular, broadly oval, in shape and has a vertical perforation running through the centre from edge to edge of the disc to accommodate a cord or wire which would have been used to attach the seal to a bale of flax.

Kindly identified by Ged Dodd from the Peacehavens Project and also recorded on their website (IDS 999): An Archangel flax seal bracked by Inspector Ivan Mitropolov in 1838 as "select grade- otborny" 3rd Sort supplied from Russia by a Grower/Owner/Agent/ with the initials V.LED

Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries Russia was a prominent exporter of flax Lead bale seals were used as a means of identification and as a component of regulation and quality control. Russian seals of this type were used as a means to monitor and ensure the quality of flax hemp products from Russia. They were applied individually by a port inspector and gave unique information like the inspector's name, the post where they worked, the name of the port, the initials of the previous grower/owner or agent, the quality and grade of the flax and the date it was graded (Sullivan 2000:211-227).

It is 31.9mm by.26.8mm with a thickness of 3.1mm and a weight of 17.09g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date 1838
date QS:P571,+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 821827
Old ref: SOM-BA9512
Filename: SOMBA9512.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/595719
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/595719/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/821827
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Object location50° 54′ 29.16″ N, 2° 47′ 27.56″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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