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Description: | Medieval copper alloy casket key with a lozengiform bow, measuring 31.3mm in length and weighing 2.63g.The stem is oval in section and narrowest below the bow (3.2x2mm). It widens to the opposite end and is 4.4x3mm just before the bit. The very end has a circular piercing, 2.2mm in diameter.The bit is J-shaped and the bow has a central oval hole measuring 6.7x5.1mm. Externally the bow is 13mm in width.Ward Perkins attribute this type to the 13th/ 14th century (London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940).
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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