Cloth Seal, German, Bremen
Cloth Seal, German, Bremen, Image & Found by Thomas Damkjaer.
Found in south part of Denmark, ?mm.
(Crowned) Key / (4)6BRE(M) / (EL)L(E), (BRE)ME(R ...) around // privy mark (D R?) incorporated
A two-disc cloth seal from Bremen.
The ell(e) is a unit of measurement that preceded the yard (an English ell equalled 45 inches), however it varied from place to place hence the need to stipulate a Bremen ell.
From Steen Agersø, "The 46BREM / ELLE(N) means 46 BREM(ER) ELLEN.
1 bremer ellen (ell) was 0,547 meters.
This means the roll had 25,162 meter of cloth."
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