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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
countermark .
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Examples
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Further evidence of the business-like methods of the Minoan officials was given by the fact that many of the seals belonging to the various stores were countermarked on the face, and had their backs countersigned and endorsed, evidently by examining officials, while they appear to have been regularly filed and docketed for reference.
The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898
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But -- as if this precaution was not in itself considered sufficient -- while the clay was still wet the face of the seal was countermarked by a controlling official, and the back countersigned and endorsed by an inscription in the same
The Sea-Kings of Crete James Baikie 1898
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