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Description: | One half of a copper alloy Roman seal-box, probably dating to the second or third centuries AD. The lid is leaf-shaped terminating in a circular end knop. There are the worn remains of a lug from the hinge at the other end. On the upper surface of the lid, an inner leaf design has been created with reserve metal. The cells surrounding the pattern are filled with yellow enamel, now only visible in places. The underside of the seal-box is plain and hollow. The object has a length of 40mm, a width of 9mm and a thickness of 3mm. Similar leaf-shaped seal-boxes are known from excavations in Colchester (Crummy 1983, 103 no. 2523-2527 fig. 106), although no. 2527 is closest in decoration to the example from Etherley. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Walton, Phillippa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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