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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman seal box base, of pointed oval shape. This base measures 35.5mm in length and 15mm in width it is 4.5mm in thickness. The non-hinged terminal, is now damaged and has almost been torn away from the rest of the base. This terminal has a circular pierced knop. The other terminal is hinged, it has two opposing holes with a copper-alloy horizontal bar through them. The base has four circular holes, each one 2.3mm in diameter these are arranged evenly to form the four corners of a lozenge shape. The sides have opposing U-shaped notches in their centres. Seal boxes are believed to have served to protect the (often impressed) lump of wax which held together the bindings of a packet or wrting tablet.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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