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Description: | A copper alloy Roman ring-key Guiraud type 5 dating to the period AD c 200-410. The ring-key is incomplete as it is missing part of the hoop. The ring-key comprises the remnants of the shoulders of the hoop which at one side lead to a rectangular plate on the other a hollow tube which is open at both ends and which extends up to the key. The key is rectangular and is separated from the hollow tube by small grooves above and below the join. The upper edge of the key has a short single slot and the side opposite to the hollow tube has three short slots. The back of the ring-key is undecorated. Cf Crummy, N, 1983, Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester p84, fig 89.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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