Stručni rad
Roman seal boxes held in the Archaeological Museum in Split
Nino Švonja
; Arheološki muzej u Splitu
Sažetak
The paper covers 26 small Roman seal boxes, of which four
have been preserved in their entirety and the rest only partially.
They were used to protect the wax seals that secured sent
packages, such that with the help of wax the box was affixed
to the knot (bond) of the string with which the package was
tied. The seal was protected in this way. Any damage to it,
whether intentional or not, diminished the inviolability of the
package. All of the items analysed in this work are held in the
Archaeological Museum in Split. Most of them were obtained
by the Museum through purchases, so no precise data on the
discovery circumstances have been preserved. Only data on
the find sites and the year and method of procurement are
known. Only three of the boxes analysed in this paper were
found in archaeological excavations.
Ključne riječi
seal boxes, Salona, Gardun, Muć, Roman era
Hrčak ID:
271187
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2021.
Posjeta: 668 *