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Description: | A copper alloy seal box lid dating from the 2nd or 3rd century. It is tear drop shaped or leaf shaped with a small knop at the terminal. The lid is highly decorative and has a perimeter of reserved metal and a smaller heart outline of reserved metal in the centre. Within the heart is a circle of reserved metal. A small trace of enamel which was possibly once blue survives in the recessed field, near the knop. There is a small pellet of reserved metal above the heart. The lid has a length of 35.20mm, width 19.74mm, thickness 1.62mm, weight 2.53g. A very similar example but complete is LIN-E12F25. Compare also NMS-6BE124.
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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