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Roman copper alloy enamelled plate
Rectangular plate. The centre of the face is divided into four rectangular cells. To either end there are three grooves across the plate. Traces of blue and white chequerboard millifiori enamel remain in both the grooves and the cells. No shanks project from the back. There are traces of tinning. One side of an hexagonal box of the type known from Pas-de-Calais and Cologne Museum dated to the early 3rd century (Henry 1933, fig 41.3 and 42.4 respectively) Condition: enamel largely lost
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.64
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978
Notes: Context, Code: 453, Feature type: stone surface, Date of context: phase 9 early/mid 4th century
Acquisition
Donation, 31/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:50
width / mm:25
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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