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Description: | Medieval cast copper alloy key. Small key with simple, circular suspension loop. The shaft is short, of oval cross-section with a circular drilled hole at the end. The key bit is very simple, consisting of a rectangur piece at right angles to the shaft with single small square sections cut out from opposite sides half way down. The key is quite worn at the top of the loop, where it would have been suspended. Measures 36.29mm by 14.36mm and 4.51mm thick. Weighs 4.49gms. A variety of similar keys are recording on the database e.g. DENO-F4A696
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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