Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

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F. LOCKS AND KEYS (2586-2668).

2586. LOCK, attached to an oblong box, three of the sides being curved vertically outw.irds ;
one end is flat, and in it is a key-hole with a flap over it. The box has a sliding lid, working in
a groove, in which are four holes in a row with double rings round them. Dimensions,
5s- x 33: x if in. From Tarentum. Castellani, 1873. Slightly corroded.

2587. LOCK-PLATE, oblong, with four holes for attachment; behind it is a bolt fixed to a
knob and working in a slit ; below is an oblong slit through which the key is inserted to raise
the bolt. Ht. i£ in. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Upper part injured.

2588. LOCK-PLATE, square, with various holes pierced, and a latch to be raised by the
insertion of a key ; on it are incised and punctured patterns, consisting of a border of chevrons,
and in the centre a bird among foliage. 5j x 4j- in. Much broken.

2589. LOCK-PLATE, circular, pierced with four srnall square holes (for attachment), and
a H-shaped key-hole between two oblong ones in the centre. Diam. 8f in. From Torre
Annunziata. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2590. LOCK-PLATE, in the form of a flat piece of metal, oblong with concave sides, with a
hole at each corner for attachment to the wooden part ; in the rniddle is a hole for the key in
the form of an F. 3 x 2| in. From excavations at Prienfe, 1870. Presented by the Society
of Dilettanti.

2591. LOCK-PLATE, as before, with rims to cover the wooden part and holes at the corners ;
in the centre, two oblong key-holes and a knob. 2|- x if in. Cnidos, 1859. Rather corroded
and broken.

2592. LOCK-PLATE, as the last ; in the middle, two additional holes, one circular, the other
T-shaped; faint concentric circles incised. 2^ x 2J in. Comarmond Coll., 1851. Very thin.

2593. LOCK, in the form of a bolt, wiih apertures into which pegs are inserted by the action of
the key, and lifted out again bv means of the key when the door was opened, to enable the bolt
to slide back ; the apertures are four in number, oblong, and one has a cross-bar across. Length
2 in. Comarmond Coll., 1851.

2594. LOCK, as before ; four apertures in the shape of double loops, with small diamond-shaped
ones in between, and a triangular one at each end. Length 5-j- in.

2595. LOCK, as before ; two oblong and three triangular apertures. Length 5^ in. From
Torre Annunziata. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856.

2596. LOCK, as before ; four triangular apertures forming a square, and next to them six
forming a circle ; two holes pierced in the thicker end. Length 2\ in. Comarmond Coll., 1851.

2597. LOCK, as before ; six circular apertures, with two lozenge-shaped in between, and a tri-
angular one at each end ; at one end of the bolt is a square hook ; in the other, a T-shaped
piece cut out. Length 3J in.

2598. THREE LOCKS, in the form of flat pieces of metal, with a hole in one end for a chain or
wire, and at the other end an upright squarestaple for a bolt. Length 3j- to 4 in. From Corfu.
Woodhouse Coll., 1868.

2599. LOCK, in the shape of a horse, with remains of harness on the head and body ; a hole in
thc back of the neck, another at the muzzle, and a trefoil-shaped hole pierced lengthways through
the 'oody ; eyes not indicated. Lcngth ijin. Comarmond Coll., 1851. Feet lost.