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Description: | Incomplete, cast copper-alloy Roman slide key. The handle of the key is sub-rectangular and slightly waisted along its length. The terminal of the handle is arched with a circular perforation. The handle extends into a waisted, shaft with a circular section. Running from this at a right angle is the key bit. The bit once had six teeth, but these are now broken and little more than worn stumps. The object has a dark green patina with patches of mid green corrosion product. It is 58.2mm long, 14.52mm wide and weighs 21.97g. As commonly made in copper-alloy as iron, examples can be found in Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9, fig.140. Keys of this type engaged the bolt by pushing it up from underneath. The teeth locked into the bolt mechanism so that the key itself physically slid the bolt back. | 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 | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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