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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy key of probable Roman date. The handle survives, missing the iron bit due to old breaks. It has a circular loop that has evenly spaced projecting globular knops positioned at its top and both sides. At the base of the loop extends a rectangular shaft or handle. This has incised decoration comprising double transverse grooves at juncture with the loop, and similar incised motifs at the base of the handle where it terminates in old breaks. At the old breaks are visible the corroded remains of the now missing iron bit. The entire object measures 45.29mm in length, 27.92mm in width, 8.82mm in thickness and 29.23g in weight. This is an incomplete key of Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
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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