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Description: | A copper-alloy seal-box lid of Roman date. The lid is rectangular in plan and bears a fine enamelled 'celtic' design in its upper surface. This design comprises two joined sprials, back-to-back, one above the other. These spirals and their internal swirls are surrounded by recessed fields filled primarily with red and dark blue enamels. The only exceptions are the small circular cells, one located towards the centre of each spiral, which have a turqoise infill. The design is contained within a perimeter ridge. Extending outwards from each of the two upper corners is an angled lobe. Between these lobes, located centrally, is the damaged hinge consisting of a single perforated lug with a flattened bottom edge. The vertical sides extend downwards from the top. At the centre of the each of the two long sides is a rectangular cut out, into which the binding chord would have fitted. The artefact measures 30mm long, 26.7mm wide and 6.5mm thick. The weight is 6.85g.A compete seal-box bearing bearing a very similar lid was found in excavations at Wroxeter (Barker et al. 1997: 197 (fig. 299), no. 2). The decorative content these pieces suggests a 1st century date.
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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