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Description: | A cast copper alloy key. The handle is a sub-triangle with a circular hole, measuring 6.22mm in diameter. The side edges of the handle are convex. The handle has an integral collar below which forms a horizontal ridge on the outer face, the reverse is flat. Protruding below this collar is a narrowed, integral rectangular block which is part of the key shank. The shank is then off-set again which forms a '_I' shape with the terminal of the horizontal portion being broken. This terminal would have originally formed the bit of the key. The break is not recent. The surface of the key is abraded, but has patches of a mid green/grey patina. The key measures 30.02mm long, 12.22mm wide across the handle, and 5.92mm thick across the shank. It weighs 7.5g. The key is a tumbler lock slide type. Crummy (Crummy, N 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust.) has examples of similar shaped keys, particular No. 4154, which date to the 1st to 2nd centuries.
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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