- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Metal key with oval bow and solid stem finished with a ward plate. [FB 14/10/2011]
- Geographical reference
- England
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source George Anthony Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Romano-British, uncertain
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 11/11/2010
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Width: max 25 mm, Length: max 62 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2010.80.10
- Research and responses
See On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys by Lieut.-General Pitt-Rivers, F.R.S., London 1883 and Locks and Keys Throughout the Ages by Vincent J. M. Eras, 1957. [FB 14/10/2011]
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