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Description: | A slightly corroded and damaged (bent), but complete medieval cast copper-alloy casket key. The key has a seemingly solid stem of oval section with a hollow end; the end has been slightly abraded on one side. The stem flattens out slightly towards the bow; the latter is circular in shape with a circular perforation (Ext. dia.: 11.4mm, Int. dia.: 6.35mm). There is limited moulding at the junction of bow and stem. The bow has been bent slightly out of the plane of the stem. At the other end the bit is rectangular in shape with a pair of rectangular clefts central on either short side creating four wards, with the two lower wards thicker. Similar keys can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 72; refs. 544ff.). | Subjects: | rotary key casket | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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