Casgliadau Arlein

Domed lump of lead with an oval impression on the base and a cord impression across the section. Lead seals are becoming increasingly common finds on Roman military sites where they were used by the military and judicial authorities for sealing documents, boxes, etc. The largest groups come from Brough-under-Stainmore (Richmond 1936) where they covered a wide span of years, and South Shields where the majority appear to have been connected with the Scottish campaigns of the Severi (Allason-Jones and Miket 1984, 8.37). It is now impossible to tell whether the oval impression on the base of this example ever had any motifs or characters.