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This enamelled bronze seal box was found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It dates from between 80 and 180 AD.

The small locket-like seal box has enamelled square decoration on its rectangular surface.

Brought to Scotland by the Romans, writing was a vital part of thebureaucracy generated by the army. Some of the seal boxes which wereattached to tablets were expensive and ornate. Occasionally the lead sealssurvive as well.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-826-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 847
• Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
  
• Material: Enamelled
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• What: Object
  
• Subject:
• Who: Newstead Collection
  
• Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
  
• Event:
• Description: Locket-like object with enamelling, from the Roman site at Newstead
  
• References:
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, p 333, Pl LXXXIX, 26. 
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