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Description: | A copper alloy medieval key, probably used for a casket, and very corroded. The bow is circular and flat with an oval shaped section. There is no collar, and the stem is also oval, and hollow. There is no hollow between the stem and the bit, and the latter has symmetrical rectangular clefts. The key measures 37.79mm in length and is 14.07mm in width across the loop. The bit measures 8.15mm x 8.4mm x 12.25mm .
Similar keys for which a late twelfth to fourteenth century date is suggested, are illustrated in Egan 1998, nos 294, 298. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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