Key on Ring | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1939.136
Title: Key on Ring
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Work Type: tool/equipment
Date: 1st millennium CE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia
Period: Roman Imperial period
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/216709

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Iron
Dimensions: 2.7 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm (1 1/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Excavated from Daphne (no. a-739-U579) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity
Accession Year: 1939
Object Number: 1939.136
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Key attached to ring by loop, would once have swung freely.

Exhibition History

Antioch-on-the-Orontes: Excavating an Early Byzantine City, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, Washington, 04/07/2010 - 10/10/2010

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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1939.136: Key on Ring