A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 168
N LIFE. seal-box and held fast by wax stamped with a seal. The pro-jecting stud-heads would assist the natural tenacity of the wax,so that it would be impossible to remove the string without breakingthe seal. Other arrangements are, of course, possible. For instance,the staple might not be used,… … Fig. 192.—Roman Cutlers Foege (No. 457). Ht. 18| in. Another form of seal was that consisting of two lead discsconnected by a loop (No. 454). The discs were pressed togetherand stamped on the outer surfaces with a design (as in fig. 191c).In this way the loop was securely attached to the object to…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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