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SEAL BOX

Unique ID: NARC-67A1D6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A damaged lid of a cast copper alloy Roman seal box. The front plate is decorated with twenty-five sunken lozenge shaped cells. The enamel which would have been inside these cells is now missing.

Class: Andrews Type L1D1

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 2.59 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Church with Chapel Brampton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7366
Four figure Latitude: 52.28729832
Four figure longitude: -0.93121608
1:25K map: SP7366
1:10K map: SP76NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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