A 10th-century door from Novgorod (the materials of the Troitsky excavation area XII)

In 2000 in the course of excavations at the Troitsky XII area a wooden door with two attached key-plates was found. It was constructed of two planks (Fig. 1, 2). No lock was preserved, but some indications suggested that it belongs to the first variant of combined inner locks according to B. A. Kolchin's typology. The find dates back to the third quarter of the 10th century. Judging from the size and mode of processing, the door belonged to a household construction.