File:Roman key (locking) - ring-key (FindID 572681).jpg

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Roman key (locking) - ring-key
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Somerset County Council, Robert Webley, 2013-08-12 15:43:21
Title
Roman key (locking) - ring-key
Description
English: A copper-alloy finger-ring with integral key dating to the earlier Roman period. The hoop is broadly circular and D-shaped in cross-section, being flat internally (int. dia.: 17.2mm max.). There are no shoulders as such and the bezel is only slightly thicker than the hoop. As with such artefacts the bit protrudes at right angles to the bezel such that the key element lay flat on the finger. The bit begins with a trapezoidal base that is decorated with a pair of transverse grooves. Above this is a recess each side to a narrow waist before the main sub-triangular upper element. The triangle terminates in a lobed trefoil. It features a central inverted T shape openwork perforation. The bezel has been bent inwards slightly following old damage. The metal has a red/brown colour with some areas of light-green corrosion product. Crummy (1983, 84) suggests that ring-keys with flat bezels may date to the early Roman period, and we succeeded by rotary keys.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 50 and 250
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FindID: 572681
Old ref: SOM-8F3994
Filename: SOM-8F3994.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/436206
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/436206
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/572681
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