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1897.72.18

Finger-ring key with bit at right angles to the ring. [El.B 01/06/2009]

1897.72.18

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Collection type
Object
Description
Finger-ring key with bit at right angles to the ring. [El.B 01/06/2009]
Geographical reference
Turkey
Asia > Western Asia > Turkey
Ege Bölgesi [Aegean Region] İzmir Province İzmir [Smyrna]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source George Fabian Lawrence
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Roman, uncertain
Date collected
By 1897
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1897
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions
Diameter: max 20 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1897.72.18
Associated publications
Listed under 'Pitt-Rivers [sic] Museum, Oxford' on page 240 of 'Appendix 1: Ring-keys data' in Roman Artefacts and Society: Design, Behaviour, and Experience, by Ellen Swift (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). [JC 3 5 2017]

Search terms: Lock, Ornament, Key, Finger Ring

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