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Description: | A damaged and incomplete Roman copper-alloy seal box.The piece represents approximately two thirds of the lower half of a lozenge-shaped box. The base is flat and retains two circular perforations. Halfway down, the steeply angled side is interrupted by a cut-out, within which the binding cord would have been located. At the top is the hinge, consisting of a perforated lug. A rounded projection also extends from the opposite corner; it has a circular cell in its upper surface and the junction between it and the adjacent side is marked by a ridge. Between the aforementioned cord hole and the hinge, the face of the angled side is decorated by a pair of vertical grooves.Dimensions: 35.5mm long, 19mm wide, 6.3mm high. Weight: 3.8g.A similar base can be seen on a seal box found in excavations at Verulamium, Hertfordshire (Frere 1972: 122/fig. 34, no. 67). The Verulamium example was found in a stratified context dating from the early to mid 2nd 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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