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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy key dating to the medieval period. The key comprises a hollow, circular-sectioned stem, which widens towards the bit. The tip measures 10mm in diameter. The stem of the key is decorated with incised parallel bands, in groups of three. Much of the surface of the stem is missing, due to heavy corrosion and pitting.
The bow is completely missing, due to the break. But the bit survives intact. There is a channel below the stem and the bit is only joins to it via a very narrow and short section of the bit. The bit is rectangular in shape and has four wards which extend downwards, forming three clefts. The bit measures 24.1mm x 10.8mm x 9.9mm. Along the top of the rectangular bit there is an incised line. The wards are also decorated with two parallel incised lines. This decoration can only be seen on the front surface. The reverse is undecorated.
Similar to Egan, p113, 313. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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