Historical Artifacts

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Roman house key, bronze, ~1st century CE (lemmynsfw.com)

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Despite looking a bit rougher than most of its contemporary counterparts, it functions the exact same way as a modern version. Usually came with a handy hole so it could be worn on a keyring.

There were also much smaller keys which were worn like rings on a finger, but those were for smaller locks like ornate lockboxes and the like.

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[–] 21Cabbage 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that's probably the coolest thing I've seen today. Is a matching lock still around?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I was curious as well and found this article online about ancient locks and keys https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/article/keys-and-locks-in-ancient-rome/amp/