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Description: | Medieval, copper alloy key handle ? 62mm long, 49mm wide and 12mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 51.62 grams. the object consists of a spherical suspension loop, 10mm in diameter, which has circular holes through its centre. The object then becomes lozenge shaped and has two spherical knops, 7mm in diameter, on each side point. The centre has four triangular cut outs arranged to form a cross shape from what is left. The base of the object consists of a hollow rectangular sectioned rectangle which has a small circular hole in one side designed to hold something in place?The object is probably a key handle that would have held an iron shaft and is probably of Medieval or Late Saxon date?
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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