Hi, all. Here is a very difficult, very small lead seal from
Caesarea. The figure at first seemed like a
crocodile, but if the stripes above and below it are legs, there are three pairs of them. Maybe a shrimp? Or something else. Any ideas would be welcome. I took easily a hundred photos and just can not get anything better than this. I have inverted the
obverse image to give different views, but the figure seems to be fairly symmetrical. The hole is a little irregular also, so I suppose this could have been some kind of bead or other decoration, as well. Let me know what you think! Thanks, V-drome.
BCC LSR7
Lead seal or Bead
Roman 1st -3rd cent CE?
Obv: Uncertain figure, perhaps
crocodile or shrimp?
Rev: Blank
15.5 x 8.5 x 4.0mm 2.57gm.
Surface find
Caesarea Maritima, 1972
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