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Description: | Roman copper alloy seal box lid, 30mm long, 20mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 2.55grams. The object is sub oval in form having a main circular section with a triangular protrusion at one side, which terminates with a flat circular knop. The circular section has a raised outer border with slightly notched edges. Inside this is a further raised circle, c.8mm in diameter, place in the centre and surrounding a small central circular hole. The triangular section also has a raised notched border and has possible traces of red enamel along one inside edge. The object has an incomplete loop at the opposite end to the triangular protrusion, which sits mostly behind the object; This would have formed the hinge of the box. The reverse of the circular knop which forms the terminal at the other end has traces of a rectangular attachment in its centre. this would have formed the catch.
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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