“Lost for Centuries: A Metal Detectorist Unearths a Stunning Golden Roman Lock That Could Rewrite History!”
“Despite the damage, the function of the mechanism and the lost key could be easily reconstructed, because the shape and dimensions of the components allowed conclusions to be drawn. But comparative finds also helped here,” Rind added. “With the chain end link still in place, it was also possible to reconstruct a link chain for the lock, which must have had at least six elements for the lock to work.”
LWL/Stefan BrentführerThe scale reconstruction in a closed state, illustrating how the lock functioned.
Based on this analysis, a restorer from the LWL was able to make a reconstruction of the lock four times larger than the original. This larger replica makes it even easier to see how the lock’s mechanisms work. Researchers are also hopeful that this discovery could shine an even greater light on the relationship between local elites in Westphalia and the larger Roman Empire, as well as the potential local significance of the sight.
“The extraordinary find from Petershagen shows the high level of craftsmanship of the provincial Roman blacksmith and metalworking trade,” Rüschoff-Parzinger concluded.
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