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Bergen, common seal, circa 1275
Bergen, common seal, circa 1275. It depicts a thirteenth-century sailing vessel with beast heads at bow and stern. The earliest illustration of reef points in a Scandinavian vessel. Inscription: 'SIGILLVM COMMVNITATIS : DE CIVITATE BERGENSI'. The cast is mounted on an emulsioned plywood backboard with a label.
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Object Details
| ID: | SEC0021 |
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| Type: | Seal cast |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Bergen |
| Date made: | ca.1275; ca.1275 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 13 mm x 87 mm |