Boscoreale, Villa Vona / hinge (sera) / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.1956
Object Name
hinge (sera)
Object Type
Hinges
Materials
Copper
Length
17.8
Width
3.2
Weight
104 g
Inscribed
161
Full Artifact Description
Hinge in fair condition. Some decoration: incised bands and a beveled dege on the top and bottom of the box at the end. This box is pierced with a T-shaped opening and one other opening. Gariny blue, black, green and brown corrosion.
Gazda: Movable bolt (sera) for securing a door. Bronze.
Subjects
undecorated
Verbatim Date
1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Countermark
161
Condition Notes
Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Locks and Keys
Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator
Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year
1988
2009
Publication Title
Vol. 1
Publication Author
Daremberg and Saglio
Publication Year
0000
Type Category
30

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Image Size
2272 x 1704
File Size
91 KB
Record
0000.00.1956
Link to this Item
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"Boscoreale, Villa Vona; hinge (sera); Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1956/0000_00_1956p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2024.
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