Bronze seal box with figure of frog on the hinged lid, and four holes in the base

Details

• Title

  Bronze seal box with figure of frog on the hinged lid, and four holes in the base

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › Cherwell District › Wendlebury › Alchester Roman town (place of excavation)

• Date

  2nd century AD (AD 101 - 200)
  Early Roman Period (Britain) (AD 43 - 200)

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy

• Object type

  container › box › seal-box

• Dimensions

  2 cm (diameter)
  2.45 cm (length)
  0.7 cm (height)
  7.5 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mr Percy Manning, for the Alchester Excavation Fund, 1892.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1892.2646

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