Gallery Title
Gallery Title
seal matrix
Accession Number NWHCM : 2000.42
Description
Seal matrix, finger ring, Middle Saxon swivelling gold seal matrix, originally the bezel of a signet ring of which the axis bar survives, second half of 7th century; obverse with two standing figures with a cross above, reverse engraved with a full face beneath a cross and legend BALDE hILDIS
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This Middle Anglo-Saxon gold seal matrix was discovered by a metal-detector user in a field a few miles east of Norwich. It was originally part of a swivelling finger ring. The style of its engravings immediately indicated its Anglo-Saxon date.
Creation Date
650 AD-699 AD
Material
gold
Measurements
11 mm
Department
Archaeology : Norwich Castle Museum
Inscription
BALDE hILDIS
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