Bronze key
Also known as: Cheie din bronz
Record status
Individual type · partial
Bronze key is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Bronze key with a round bow and straight bit, flat and trapezoidal body. The annular bow is separated from the body by a collar. The shank continues the body, is thinner, and is decorated with parallel incisions. The bit of the key is rectangular, forms a right angle with its shank, and is provided with four teeth. Very close analogies are found at Porolissum (Gudea 1989, 684-685, pl. CCXXVII). The museum record gives measurements length: 64 mm; width: 21.7 mm; thickness: 4.5 mm; maximum diameter: 15 mm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze; casting
- Dimensions
- lungime: 64 mm; lățime: 21,7 mm; grosime: 4,5 mm; diametrul maxim: 15 mm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_04464afc3cfb4f06b6df5a57b609807a
- Museum object name
- Cheie din bronz
- Holding institution
- National Museum of Romanian History
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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