artefact; box

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Object Type: artefact; box
Museum number: 1969,0401.156
Description: Lead strip bent into near-circle, probably part of a box.
Cultures/periods: Hellenistic (?); Roman (?)
Production date: 300 BC-300 AD
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 210
Materials
Dimensions: Width: 1.10 centimetres (max)
Curator's comments: Smith in Murray, Smith and Walters 1900, p. 123 (Tomb 210) and Myres in his notebook mentions fragments of a lead box, which is probably referring to this item, though there may have been additional fragments no longer identifiable or extant.
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1969,0401.156

Free entry