Description (Physical description)
Description for 1883.595[.1-2]: 'Inscription reads: 'Roberti filii willi'. Also an impression taken from this seal.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on perspex display board (along with impression, 1883.595.2) with handwritten label: 'ROBERTI FILII WILLI 22.767'. The display mount was labelled with the incorrect MAA IDNO.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Inscription)
Inscription: 'S' ROBERTI . FILII . WILL'I.'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1883.595[.1-2]: 'Seal matrix with griffin and inscription round'.
Event Date 1883
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Kingsford (1929: 23): 'Bronze, vesica-shaped, 23 x 18 mm, with a loop at the back. A griffin to the right. '+ S' ROBERT*FILII_WLL'I'.
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Kingsford, H. S. (1929). 'Seal Matrices in the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol 30, pp. 16-28 (no. 13)
Event Date 1929
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Personal flat seal matrix of copper alloy. Pointed oval face; loop handle at the top on the reverse. On the die, a passant griffin is depicting facing right; the central design is separated from the inscription by a beaded line. The inscription begins with a cross pattée and reads 'S' ROBERTI . FILII . WILL'I.' ('THE SEAL OF ROBERT THE SON OF WILLIAM').
Event Date 23/11/2023
Author: Esther Laver