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Description: | Copper alloy Roman possible seal box lid frgament. It may be part of a leaf-shaped box lid, Crummy type 4b. If so, it is the lower part of the lid, and is approximately triangular with a knop at the lower terminal. The upper edge is incomplete due to old breaks. The metal is worn and there are no traces of decoration or enamel which are usual on such objects. It measures 23.74mm in surviving length, and is 15.55mm wide, tapering to 2.91mm at the knop. It weighs 1.54g.
Examples from Colchester date to the second and third centuries. (Crummy 1983, fig.106, no.2529). | Subjects: | box | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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