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Description: | A possible Roman key handle for which no parallel could be found. It consists of a copper-alloy shaft with a terminal sircular suspension loop at one end and the corroded remains of an iron projection at the other. The shaft measures 64.9mm in total length and is the shape of an elongated three dimensional lozenge, tapering towards each terminal, it has an oval cross-section and measures 13.6mm in width and 12.2mm in thickness.
One terminal has a band of transverse mouldings below a circular loop, 12.9mm in external diameter and 6.9mm in internal diameter. The upper edges of this loop appear to be worn.
The other terminal has another transverse moulding and projecting from it is a mass of corroded iron which appears to have a rectangular or square cross-section. The iron shaft continues inside the copper-alloy possible handle and could be the remains of an iron key. | 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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