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Roman seal box (incomplete)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2014-07-01 10:59:59
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Roman seal box (incomplete)
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English: The lower half of a Roman copper-alloy seal box.

A lozenge-shaped arrangement of four circular perforations occupies the central area of the flat-sectioned base, which is now distorted but would originally have been oval. The perpendicular side has two opposing cut-outs, located halfway along its length, through which the binding cord would have been passed. A small aperture, situated adjacent to one of these cut-outs, is likely to be a casting flaw. The hinge comprises two rounded lugs, separated from one another by a gap, each with a circular perforation for the now-missing bar. A rounded lug handle with empty setting projects outwards at the opposite end to the hinge.

Length: 30.8mm; width: 13.2mm; height: 6.1mm. Weight: 2.35g.

Several examples of seal boxes were found in excavations in Colchester, their suggested date range being 2nd to 3rd century (Crummy 1983: 103). Three seal boxes found at Verulamium, St. Albans, were found in early to mid 2nd century contexts (Frere 1972: 122, nos. 65 - 67).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date ROMAN
Accession number
FindID: 625334
Old ref: BH-2868AF
Filename: Roman_seal_box_14_77_2.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/474723
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/474723/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/625334
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