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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy seal box. Only the bottom half survives; the lid is missing. The box is circular and has a raised perimeter, onto which is placed a hinge mechanism. The hinge has three ribs. A hole is located in the centre of the base, and another is located to the upper left side. A large break runs around the interior of the rim where further holes would have been located.Weight 2.48g, Diameter (North - South) 20.65mm, Diameter (West - East) 20.11mm, Internal diameter 18.65mm, Depth of body at greatest point 5.16mm, Diameter of hinge 4.77mm, Diameter of remaining centre hole 3.26mm, Diameter of remaining outer hole 2.69mm.Seal boxes were used to contain the seals attached to Roman correspondence. Circular seal boxes were classified as Type 2 by Crummy (1983, 103) and can be dated to c. AD 43-300. A complete example can be seen at GLO-895537 on this database.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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