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Description: | A small copper-alloy casket key of probable late 12th to late 14th century AD date (Egan, 1998, p.111). This key was not cast, but was cut from a piece of sheet metal which had been folded double. This fold is along the top edge (slightly split) and the two sides splay open at the bottom. The bow is sub-square, having had its corners cut off, and has a central circular hole. The stem is oval in section and hollow and the bit is simple in form, with two parallel wards separated by a central cleft. The object has a dark green patina. It measures 32.8mm long by 12mm high and 4.4mm thick. It weighs 3.48g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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