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Description: | The lid of a cast copper alloy seal box dating to the Roman period, c. AD 100 to 400.The object is an elongated leaf shape in plan. The object is separated into cells which would have held different coloured enamel although not much now remains. There is a main circular cell which is at the rounded end of the object and which is pierced by a central hole. Surrounding this cell is an annular cell. Extending outwards from the larger circle to form the point of the leaf shape are two grooves which probably also contained enamel originally. At the end opposite the triangular projection is the remains of the hinge. The back of the lid is undecorated.Height 35 mm, width 20 mm, and weight 3.8 g.
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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