Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

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CATEGORY 7! OBJECTS USED FOR OR ASSOCIATED WITH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
SEAL-BOXES
All examples are of copper alloy unless otherwise stated.
Type 1 Acorn-shaped (Fig 106; 2516-2517),
2516 SF BKC 1647(C), E928 F258. Pipe trench. Period 3a. The outer part of
the base of a ?gilt seal-box. Possibly from a box similar to Fig 106.
2517. Length 26.5 mm. maximum width 16.0 mm.
Type 2 Round (Fig 106; 2518-2521),
2518 SF LWC 1770(C), H39. Site clearance. Unstratified. Most of the base
and lid of a round seal-box. There are three circular perforations in
the floor and a straight-sided notch in the surviving fragment of wall.
The lid is too damaged by corrosion to distinguish any decoration.
Diameter 18.0 mm. height approximately 8.0 mm.
2519 SF LWC 3728. K434. ?Garden topsoil. Period 4b? Fragment of the base of
a round seal-box.
2520 SF BKC 467(C), AS L1. Town ditch (F30) fill. Anglo-Saxon. The base of
a round seal-box with four circular perforations in the floor and two
opposing straight-sided notches in the wall. There are traces of iron
corrosion. probably from a rivet. on the two lugs that formed the hinge
for the lid. Diameter 19.0 mm. height 5.5 mm. There is a slight
footring at the junction of floor and wall.