A box lock uncovered in Brădiceşti-Iaşi Cover Image

O încuietoare de casetă descoperită la Brădiceşti-Iaşi
A box lock uncovered in Brădiceşti-Iaşi

Author(s): Constantin Iconomu
Subject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: lock; case; bronze bolt; Roman period; Brădiceşti–Iaşi;

Summary/Abstract: We present a bronze bolt belonging to the locking mechanism of a Roman-age box, discovered in the village of Brădiceşti, commune of Dolheşti, district of Iaşi, in a settlement of the free Dacians. Boxes with bolts of this type were in use during the 2nd to the 4th century A. D.

  • Issue Year: 32/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 279-281
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian