Record ID: DEV-85654B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy finger ring of Guiraud's type 5 ('ring-key'), probably dating to c. AD 200-410. The hoop is D-shaped when seen from the side, with a flattened and slightly projecting rectangular bezel, of equal width to the hoop. The hoop is plano-convex in cross-section and undecorated. From one corner of the bezel, and perpendicular to the hoop, projects a sub-circular-sectioned hollow stem with an extremely simple sub-triangular bit projecting from its inside edge near to its base. The bit projects so that it is parallel to the bezel and the ring can still be worn on the fi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-514F0E
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy slide key, probably dating to c. AD 43-150. The key is largely complete, with only slight damage to one of the teeth. The key is 52.7mm long, conisting of a sub-rectangular shank terminating in a circular hoop at its apex, 13.5mm wide, the shank below the hoop is 11.8mm wide, narrowing to 5.9mm below the mid-point. In profile the shank tapers gradually from 9.0mm at the hoop, to 7.6mm at the terminal. The shank is decorated with a combination of cast and incised decoration, with the jucntion of the hoop and handle flanked by a pair of transverse ridges on either la…
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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