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• Object type: slide key
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Slide key	SF-E421E6	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
An incomplete cast copper-alloy slide key of possible Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. Only the bit end survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The stem of the key is flat, rectangular in form and at its base folds forwards at an angle of 90 degrees to form a bit wit...
	Slide key	NARC-278EF3	Roman	Northamptonshire	xml | csv json
Cast copper alloy key. Roman. A slide key with 5 teeth. Three teeth parallel to the base of the handle and two directly opposite the two furthers from the handle. The teeth are at right angles to the handle and extend 17mm from the handle. They are square in section and 9mm long. The stem of t...
	Slide key	NCL-E653E6	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
A cast copper-alloy tumbler lock slide key of the Roman period. The key is L-shape in plan, with a widened handle/grip with moulded decoration and an incomplete suspension loop. The bit has six teeth in two rows of three, each of approximately equal length.
	Slide key	LIN-DC1ED1	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
An incomplete iron slide key for a Roman tumbler lock. At its terminal it has a circular loop leading into a trapezoidal stem. Below, the stem contracts to a width of 8mm from 23mm. The bit of the key projects from the handle at a right angle. The bit has four teeth on the angled stem, and one to...
	Slide key	CAM-5EB9B2	Roman	Cambridgeshire	xml | csv json
An incomplete copper alloy slide key handle for a tumbler lock, c. early 2nd century AD. Length 42 .65 mm. Topped by a suspension loop with transverse mouldings just below the loop. The grip is rectangular in section, tapering slightly outwards towards the base. The lower portion with the iron te...
	Slide key	WAW-06DEA8	Roman	Warwickshire	xml | csv json
The key is a tumbler lock slide type. It is made from cast copper alloy. It measures 56.4mm long, the handle is 11.5mm and the bit is 13.2mm thick. The key weighs 23.63g. The handle is a sub-rectangular shape, with rounded corners, in plan. At the upper terminal there is a sub-circular hope...
	Slide key	NCL-477F67	Roman	North Yorkshire	xml | csv json
A copper alloy Roman tumbler slide lock key. The key consists of a rectangular handle with circular attachment loop which is broken and worn. The handle extends to a narrower bar with collar at the join. The bit which is corroded, extends at right angles from the narrow bar. The key measures 58mm...
	Slide key	LVPL-E5BBD5	Roman	Cheshire	xml | csv json
A Roman iron tumbler lock slide key with four wards. The handle is topped by a suspension loop.
	Slide key	BUC-304A71	Roman	Buckinghamshire	xml | csv json
The copper alloy handle for an iron key, (now missing). The hollow cast handle is in the form of a lions' head displaying a pronounced muzzle and well defined mane that appears to have a plain band across it. The lions' chin rests on a flat base.
	Slide key	NLM-22D355	Roman	Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
The bit is bent at an angle from the shank, rectangular bit. Made from folded copper alloy. Rectangular hole at the end of the shank.
	Slide key	NLM-74C024	Roman	North Lincolnshire	xml | csv json
Mannings type 2, rectangular shank, widened and grooved at each end of the shank, loop at one end with knop terminal, narrow ‘L’ shaped bit , most of which is missing.
	Slide key	NMGW3259	Roman		xml | csv json
Fragment of a circular loop with a projecting rectangular-shaped tab decorated on one side with an incised cross of St Andrew motif set within a rectangular frame. A fragment of a slide key which is closely paralleled by three pre-Flavian examples of the type from the Roman fortress at Usk (Manni...