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SEAL BOX
Unique ID: SUR-4BFEDE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy lozenge shaped seal box lid with decoration in the form of a lattice of twenty-five enamelled cells. The lid is 30.6mm in length, weighs 2.7g and has a single hinge loop.
Corresponds to Andrews Type L1D1, dating to the the 1st to 3rd century AD. For similar examples see YORYM-97A047.
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 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.6 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Moulsford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5783
Four figure Latitude: 51.54302702
Four figure longitude: -1.17946233
1:25K map: SU5783
1:10K map: SU58SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, C. | 2012 | Roman Seal-Boxes in Britain | Oxford | Archaeopress |
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