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LOCK
Unique ID: LANCUM-B730F6
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy openwork object probably part of a Roman copper-alloy lock-bolt dating 70 to 410 AD.
The bolt comprises an incomplete openwork panel and a projecting arm. The panel is sub-rectangular, with a number of triangular-sectioned apertures extending horizontally through it. The upper and lower surfaces are flat and the sides are straight. It is sub rectangular in plan and L shape in profile. The lip of the L is on the inner face which is otherwise plain. The outer face has a linear decoration running down its longer sides between the outher edge and the triangular perforations. This face also appears to have been decorated with a network of dots.
Similar lock-bolts were found in excavations in Colchester (see Crummy 1983: 124, nos. 4133 - 4136). While there are co exact parallels on the PAS database, recorded Roman locks include BH-D2F634and BH-F81B80 and BH-1CA656. The closest records in terms of thickness are NLM-AB90E2, LIN-700BA6 and ESS-0F5116 is similar in plan.
Length 39mm, width 14mm, thickness 3mm, and weight 7.31g.
Class: bolt
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 7.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Bilbrough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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