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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman seal box lid of 2nd-century - 3rd-century date. The seal box would have been tear drop shaped in plan, the lower section is missing. The incomplete catch is visible at the rounded end, all that remains are the two prongs. The upper surface of the lid is plan and undecorated, it has been bent upwards slightly. The lid is decorated with two circular perforations located at the widest point of the lid before it tapers away towards the old break. The reverse is undecorated.The seal box lid is 25.9mm in length, 20.3mm in width, 4.3mm thick and weighs 2.9 grams.
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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