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SEAL BOX
Unique ID: NCL-755AE3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The lid of a cast copper-alloy seal box of Roman date, c. 50-275.
The lid is drop-shaped in plan, with the base of a broken single lug in the centre of its rounded end, and a broken tip at the opposite end. The lid retains enamel on its outer surface, separated into an outer panel and inner, heart-shaped panel. The outer panels appears to bear red enamel. The colour of the inner panel cannot be determined. The underside of the lid is very worn, but the walls remain along one length of the lid.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 275
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.32 mm
Width: 18.55 mm
Thickness: 2.11 mm
Weight: 3.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Monday 8th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Husthwaite (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5175
Four figure Latitude: 54.16827242
Four figure longitude: -1.22032105
1:25K map: SE5175
1:10K map: SE57NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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