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Description: | A cast copper-alloy seal box base of Roman date, AD 100 - 300. It is leaf-shaped or piriform. The hollow base has three circular apertures through its back face, each with a faint ring round it on the outer face, and at each side there are U-shaped notches. At one end the base has an integral double lug with separately cast axis bar (maybe of iron) that enables the base and lid to hinge. A projecting hemispherical knop with projecting ridge collars at the opposite end of the object, has a small circular hole for a pin from the lid which when engaged, would prevent any sideways movement. Thelid of the box is missing. The box has a dark grey patina. It measures 29.2mm long, 16.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick. 2.42g.Compare SF-4729B0 for a complete example of Crummy's Type 4, Leaf-shaped, seal boxes with leaf-shaped form and enamelled lids (Crummy, 1983: pp. 103-104). It is of probable 2nd to 3rd century AD date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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