BSG.BS.00918 — Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1777

Found in Colchester Area.

Russian Flax quality control seal.

First side:- First line - N:P = unknown initials.* Second line - (I?)Z12H = initials and numerals indicating the content of the bales. Third line - 1777 = date of assessment.

Second side:- First line- illegible. Second & Third line - HE(OC?) = Iye(OS?) : ДОРЬ = DOR name of quality control officer, see App.7.3*. Fourth line - H32? = N32? = number of work station used by QA officer.

See Fig.4b and section 5.2.4.1, p.21, *Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins by John Sullivan.

Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 104 using his extensive database:- ДЛ = DL / HEӨEДOBЬ = NETHEDOV / H32 // N P / ??Z12H / 1777