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Description: | A cast copper alloy rotary casket key of medieval date. The key measures 39.1mm by 12.1mm by 3.1mm and weighs 4.4g. The bow is circular and immediately adjacent to this there are two wider sections of stem, the first oval and the second rectangular. The stem is solid with an oval cross section and the bit has a semi-circular cleft on one side. There is a short narrow pointed section at the end of the stem. A number of similar keys are illustrated in Brian Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 67, 72, nos. 544-547). These examples have all been dated to the late twelfth to early fourteenth centuries.
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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