Record ID: SF-E421E6
Object type: SLIDE KEY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 with rectangular notch. The front face of the object has punched and incised decoration comprising a border on each side of the incomplete end formed from a vertical row of punched semi-circles within a vertical incised groove. Mid-way down the length of the surviving fragment this decoration is …
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.