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Description: | A copper-alloy rotary key of suggested early post-medieval date. Similar keys are illustrated in ??Metal Artefacts of Antiquity?? (Read, 2001, p. 73, nos. 563-567) and are of suggested 16th century date. For a similar example on the PAS database, see CAM-AE71D1.
The bow is sub-oval and has two internal projections at the stem end. The area of the stem immediately adjacent to the bow has four vertical moulded ridges. The stem is of oval section and tapers towards the end. The bit is set a short distance in from the end and has a single cleft near the top of the inner edge, plus two clefts and a central ward on the bottom edge.
The key is slightly bent and corroded. It measures 37.5mm long, 18.1mm wide and 4.2mm thick. The weight is 4.77g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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