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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: NMS-2B2AB9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of copper alloy Roman tumbler lock slide key. Rectangular bit (23.5 x (extant) 13 x 9mm), broken narrow stump of connecting juction with the missing shank, deep and shallow grooves in base and sides. 2nd century AD
Class: Tumbler lock slide key
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.5 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 19th September 2017 - Monday 16th October 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 34967
Other reference: NMD102017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Postwick with Witton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3007
Four figure Latitude: 52.61204073
Four figure longitude: 1.39580778
1:25K map: TG3007
1:10K map: TG30NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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