Boscoreale, Villa Vona / lock with key (sera) / Bronze / Copper / Wood

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.1959
Object Name
lock with key (sera)
Object Type
Locks
Keys
Materials
Bronze
Copper
Wood
Length
13.9;
Width
11.0;
Height
7.8;
Thickness
;
Weight
;138 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Lock front with original nails and key(?), in fair to poor condition. Thin metal palate with similar nail with large (2.2 cm. diameter) head. The key (?) is thickly encrusted with a black and red brown mixture. Heavily corroded with blue and bright green corrosion.
Gazda: Lock plate. Bronze.
Subjects
undecorated
Verbatim Date
1st C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Boscoreale, Villa Vona
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Condition Notes
Bronze disease treatment, 1972.
Exhibition Title
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Thomas Spencer Jerome and the Bay of Naples (1899-1914)
Case 31 - Locks & Bolts
Exhibition Curator
Gazda, Elaine
Exhibition Year
2009
Type Category
Artifact

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2272 x 1704
File Size
234 KB
Record
0000.00.1959
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1959/0000_00_1959p01.tif

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"Boscoreale, Villa Vona; lock with key (sera); Bronze; Copper; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1959/0000_00_1959p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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