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Description: | Fragment of Roman, copper alloy tumbler lock slide key,30.16mm long, 22.04mm high, weighing 18.30 grammes. This fragment represents the head of the slide key, rectangular in plan, it had six teeth, three of which are missing, one is broken in half and two are intact, set on a straight bit. The handle is lost, though there is a small subcircular lug on the headplate where it has broken off. As commonly made in copper alloy as iron, a good, though smaller, parallel can be found in Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9, page 126, fig.140, number 4150.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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