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Seal matrix of Godwin
British Museum1000/1100
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
This walrus ivory seal-die of 'Godwin the thegn' (not believed to be Earl Godwin himself) was later reused by a nun named Godgytha. Anglo-Saxon seal matrices are rare and their use is not properly understood; late Anglo-Saxon charters and writs have written 'signatures' rather than wax seals.
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- Title: Seal matrix of Godwin
- Creator: British Museum
- Date Created: 1000/1100
- Physical Dimensions: 86 (height) x 45 (width) x 8 mm (thickness)
- Provenance: Found at Wallingford market place, Oxfordshire
- Material: walrus ivory
- Copyright: The Trustees of the British Museum
- British Museum website: 1881,0404.1
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