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Description: | An complete cast copper alloy medieval rotary key dating from c. 1200-1500. The hollow circular shank terminates in a small quatrefoil- or clover-shaped bow. The shank has flattened ridge at the open end of the shank and another at the slot end. The symmetrical rectangular bit has two thin channels at the top with a large cleft on one side. The bottom of the bit has three small clefts with a deep channel above. | 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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