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Description: | A Roman copper alloy Key handle in the form of a lion. The key handle has a large square shaped socketed shank with some iron staining around the inside and on the edges; part of the shank has been broken away. The iron art of the key is now missing. The shank becomes the head and front of the lion's body, with the lion's mane and forelegs. The interior is hollow. The lion has pronounced ears, an open mouth within a flat muzzle. The mane sweeps upwards and is crudely done in comparison to others on the database (BH-E9670 , SWYOR-F1D5D6). The forelegs of the lion are folded by its side, under its head and the paw is divided by a single line. The underside shows signs of wear along the length of the body.The handle is 64.2mm long, 31.9mm wide, 17.4mm wide and weighs 99.55 grams.Roman keys with lion handles have been found on a number of other sites in Britain, for example Fishbourne (Cunliffe 1971 p. 121 no. 144), Verulamium (Frere 1984 p. 47 no. 18) and Baldock (p. 136 no. 137). This object resembles the latter in style, dated to the third to fourth century. That at Fishbourne was in a context dated to 100 to 280 AD and is cruder in design.
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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