ПОКЛОПАЦ РИМСКЕ ПЕЧАТНЕ КУТИЈИЦЕ ИЗ СИРМИЈУМА
ROMAN SEALBOX FROM SIRMIUM

Summary/Abstract: The paper is dedicated to the unique find from Sremska Mitrovica in which the author recognizes the lid of the Roman seal-box. The lid originates from the area of Nova ciglana in Sremska Mitrovica i.e. eastern necropolis of Roman Sirmium. It was purchased for the Museum of Srem in 1968. It belongs to the type of circular shaped seal-boxes with a riveted zoomorphic decoration on the lid (Type 5a, Andrews C2D6) which has been dated from the epoch of the Flavian emperors until the end of the reign of Emperor Trajan (mid I to the second decade of the II century). It is made of copper alloy by casting and the details еxecuted in niello. Seal-boxes bearing the representation of an eagle are usually recorded in the Roman garrison centers and their immediate environment. They are often associated with the presence of the Roman army, its official correspondence and economic transactions. The finds of these objects in the graves of civilians,however, point to a different, often secondary use of the seal-boxes, most likely derived from their decorativeness and iconographic content.

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