| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) |
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text file |
| Summary |
This book presents a little-known and ingenious artefact of the Roman world: a small puzzle padlock whose font plate bears a face or 'mask' of 'Celtic' style. |
| Audience |
Specialized. |
| Note |
Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. |
| Contents |
Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Types and Locations; Chapter 2: Cultural Attributes by Vanessa Muros; Chapter 3: Origin and Uses; Chapter 4. Mask Puzzle Padlock Solutions and Mechanisms; Chapter 5: Conclusions; Appendix 1: Catalog of the 156 Mask Puzzle Padlocks; Appendix 2: Padlock Groupings Based on Lock Covers by Vanessa Muros; Appendix 3: Analysis of Roman Mask Padlocks in the Slocum Collection by Vanessa Muro; Appendix 4.: Replicas of Mask Padlocks & Money Pouches; Appendix 5: Fakes and Reproductions; Appendix 6: Care of Roman Mask Padlocks by Vanessa Muros; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rome -- Antiquities.
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Rome (Empire) |
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Antiquities. |
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Padlocks -- Rome.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. |
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Padlocks. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sonneveld, Dic, author.
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781784915643 |
| ISBN |
1784915653 |
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9781784915650 (electronic book) |
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