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Description: | Medieval copper alloy key with trefoil shaped handle composed of three open rings.A plain collar joins the handle to a circular sectioned stem. The section becomes sub-rectangular at the bit end, due to damage which has flattened the stem. The smooth appearance of the wound suggests that the key remained in use after this damage occurred. The bit is rectangular. It appears that there was originally another dimension to the bit, positioned at the end furthest from the stem and perpendicular to the remaining portion.
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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