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Description: | Ornamental cast cu-alloy key. It is thinly cast and not strong enough to open a lock; thus ornamental. Is has one large and four smaller openings as well as a small perforation in the loop of the 'handle'. If this artefact was to be compared to Early Medieval 'girdle hangers' then it would have been worn by women as a symbol for the 'house wife' or 'lady of the house'. This, however, is highly speculative. | Subjects: | Ornamental | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Boughton, Dot - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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