A question: To what era would you date the key recently found? I am thinking 19th or 18th Century?
Here's is todays question.
Here's is todays question. We have all been seeing the word Abaddon around. I am puzzled as to whether this is a reference to a place (synonym for Hades) or a person (Satan or Appylon)(sp). Or is it something else?
From what it looks like and the documents found + the mission I believe the key belongs to the 18th century. More of the topic later
ReplyDeleteSeems to be 18th Century. I wonder the age of what the box contains.
ReplyDeleteOf the two I would say 18th
ReplyDeleteI think it's more probably 18th
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to say without being able to examine the item in person, but it doesn't look like a particularly sophisticated key. Although given that the lock apparently has secondary security measures in place, I don't suppose it has to be. I'm inclined to agree with Yik Sheng Lee, that a 19th century origin is likely.
ReplyDeleteAre we certain that the contents of the box are old, though? Could it be that something modern has been placed in this older lockbox instead? Might explain the usage marks QuantumIngressEffectIngress QuantumEffect noted.
here are some neat sites about keys - http://www.collectorsweekly.com/tools-and-hardware/keys and some neat keys and links here - http://www.aschkenes.com/indexJeff.htm
ReplyDeletebut I suspect the when would fit to the who... who originated the box and why were the key and the box split up?
Which leads me to believe the contents of this box are... Old.
ReplyDeleteConsidering it is Italy could push it back to the 14th century
ReplyDeleteI've seen some old keys before. I would go as far back as the 5th century. it resembles one I've seen before at the MET in new York. Some artifacts or relics surpass what we classify as time.
ReplyDeleteEdgar Allan Wright Perhaps we need to look at other angles when thinking about the key (and box.) I found some thought provoking sentences here - http://www.historicallocks.com/en/site/h/locks-and-magic/taboos-and-magical-knots/
ReplyDeleteFrom that site "The primary function of locks and keys is to protect belongings from theft. Your belongings and mine. But keys have a dual nature, practical and symbolic – they can open, close, preserve, hide and set free, but they are also a sign of power and dignity. And in some cases, this is still true."
Perhaps we are being mislead about the content of the box being the goal?
Also, based on what Susanna Moyer said about her attempt to pick the lock, I'd say it would be worth researching "magic" around those two time periods as a way to hone in on the exact era. This does raise the question of wether the box was locked recently, or decades ago - and who from each time period would be able to apply such a charm.
Ok, I am one of the two that had the key on hand, and I would say that the key might be even older...
ReplyDeleteAndrea Marcolini at the risk of sounding, well, silly - when you held the key did you experience anything similar to Susanna?
ReplyDeleteMatt Stevenson to be honest it has been very difficult to keep it on hand, that's the reason why most of the time it has been closed in a special enevelope.
ReplyDeleteI suppose I couldn't stand all that responsibility...
http://www.locks.ru/germ/informat/schlagehistory.htm
ReplyDeleteMight Andrea Marcolini be willing to post some close-up pictures? The first key question is if it is pre-or post-industrial Revolution. It seems to be a quite simple design. If it is a simple skeleton key, then it could conceivably date from Roman times. The Romans were surprisingly sophisticated key-makers and there doesn't appear to be a significant technological innovation in their manufacture until the late 18th century.
ReplyDeletehello, the key is actually quite recent.
ReplyDeleteI assume the purpose is only for some nice sketches during the side events at the next anomaly.
btw. it almost reached its final destination...
ReplyDeleteWhy limit ourselves to the past? Can't this key be from the future? Or maybe at least entangled with future events? Temporal Quantum Entanglement is something that can't be dismissed when considering XM.
ReplyDeleteSure it fix the box that Susanne was told about
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ReplyDeleteI don't know
ReplyDeleteThe Chest pictures have been published :-)
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