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Description: | A copper-alloy tumbler lock slide key of Roman date. Similar keys were found in excavations in Colchester (see Crummy 1983: 125-126, fig. 140, No. 4153 and 4154). For two parallels on the PAS database, see BH-872B06 and BH-2772D5.
At the top of the key is the loop, which has a circular aperture and a pointed projection at the centre of the rounded upper side. The bow has a rectangular central element bordered at the top and bottom by a slightly wider moulded band. Each band has a transverse ridge at the top and bottom and a convex, slightly recessed central area. The bottom part of the bow is also of rectangular section but is much narrower than the upper part. The bit is set at a right-angle to the bow and consists of two parallel rows of three equal-sized wards (with dividing clefts) separated from each other by a central gap. The bit is bent and several of the wards are incomplete.
The object measures 37.5mm long, 19.6mm wide and 9.1mm thick. The weight is 6.43g. | Subjects: | Tumbler lock slide | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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