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Description: | A medieval/post-medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key. It has a rectangular shaped bit with at least four moulded horizontal parallel lines. A channel exists between the bit and the stem which is solid and plain, and does not project beyond the bit. The moulding or collar consists of three moulded transverse parallel lines. The bow is partially missing (an old brake) and may have been pelta-shaped rather than circular. Patches of the original surface have survived in a mid green patina. It measures 74.86mm in length, 26.56mm in width and weighs 42.9g. Similar keys can be found in Crummy, N. 1988. The post-Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-85. Colchester Archaeological Report 5. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd., p. 82, 3228-3230., and Ottoway, P. and Rogers, N. 2002. Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York. Council of British Archaeology, p.2872, 2879.
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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