Harvard Art Museums > 2012.1.8: Lock Bolt Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Lock Bolt , 2012.1.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 02, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/178518. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2012.1.8 Title Lock Bolt Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type lock Date 1st-2nd century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World Period Roman Imperial period Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/178518 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast, lost-wax process Dimensions 1.3 x 0.6 x 4.8 cm (1/2 x 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The patina is green with spots of red and black; brown burial accretions are present. Both ends are slightly irregular, but corrosion and wear makes it difficult to be certain that these are the original ends or if there has been some fracture or loss. The wax model for this lock bolt was probably worked directly, with the shape and openwork cut into a thick, flat slab of wax. Henry Lie (submitted 2012) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Walton Brooks McDaniel, New Jersey (?-1943/46), gift; to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1943/46-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife, Alice Corinne McDaniel. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University Accession Year 2012 Object Number 2012.1.8 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums This lock bolt is for a tumbler lock. The plate of the bolt is perforated with five interlocking triangles. A bar of metal protrudes out of either side of the plate: one is square in section (it is possibly broken) and the other is longer with a flat, rectangular section (1). NOTES: 1. Lock bolts of this shape are not uncommon; see British Museum, London, inv. no. 1856,1226.810; M. Kohlert-Németh, Archäologische Reihe Römische Bronzen aus Nida-Heddernheim 2: Fundsachen aus dem Hausrat (Frankfurt, 1990) 26-27, no. 6.3; and Los bronces romanos en España, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velazquez (Madrid, 1990) 271, no. 204. Lisa M. Anderson Publication History John Crawford, Sidney Goldstein, George M. A. Hanfmann, John Kroll, Judith Lerner, Miranda Marvin, Charlotte Moore, and Duane Roller, Objects of Ancient Daily Life. A Catalogue of the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Belonging to the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, ed. Jane Waldbaum, Department of the Classics (unpublished manuscript, 1970), M57, p. 170 [J. S. Crawford] Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes 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