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Title: Lead sack seal
Item Name: Transport
Description:
Year: 1837
Culture: Modern
Materials: lead
Measurements: Diam:2.2cm
ID_Number: ERYMS : 2008.66.82
Item Name: Transport
Description:
Russian lead sack/bag seal, with cyrillic lettering on both sides and the date 1837. Probably a St. Petersburg seal. Such seals were applied to Russian flax/hemp sacks in the late 18th/early 19th centuries as part of the customs process when exporting goods through Baltic sea ports. Part of metal detecting collection belonging to the late Terry Britten.
Year: 1837
Culture: Modern
Materials: lead
Measurements: Diam:2.2cm
ID_Number: ERYMS : 2008.66.82