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Description: | Small key made from copper alloy. The bow is sub-circular (tending to a lozenge shape) and 15 mm wide, with a small knop at the far end. The stem is circular in section, with two grooves at the junction with the bow which run all the way round to form a V-section collar between. At the far end of the bow the bit is set so that it is at right angles to, rather than in line with, the stem. It is rectangular, 8 x 11 mm, and has a cleft at the top in the front edge and another at the bottom in the rear edge, forming an angular S shape. The tip of the stem is pierced (2 mm deep). Total length 39 mm. Keys of this form have been noted from Roman sites but this date is still provisional. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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