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Description: | A cast copper alloy hinged seal box lid dating to the Roman period. The seal box lid is lozenge-shaped in plan and is decorated with a raised cross-hatched grid on its top, resulting in 25 recessed cells, all of which would have been filled with enamel; a number of cells still retain enamel, now turquoise in colour but probably a darker blue originally. The hinge lugs are retained, and there are two small knops projecting from either side of the lid; the inside of the lid is plain. A number of lozengiform seal box lids have been recorded on this database, and they generally date from the second to third century AD.
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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