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Description: | Copper-alloy slide key. The bow is incomplete, but was originally perhaps lozengiform with an oval perforation which has worn through resulting in the loss of the outer corner. The bow is small and flattened compared to the solid circular-section stem, which is 6.5 mm in diameter. From the end of this extends a long rectangular bit which has a central rectangular perforation. Halfway down on one face are two projections, one either side of the perforation, and there is another pair of similar projections at the bottom giving the bit an F-shaped section. Beyond the bit, the stem has a small narrowed projection which is now incomplete. Total surviving length 41 mm, width of bow 15 mm, thickness of bow 2 mm; width of stem and bit together 26 mm, thickness of bit with projections 8 mm. Slide keys are known from both the Roman and the late Anglo-Saxon period. Although the bow is unusual for either, the circular-section stem, the small stem projection and the relatively simple bit point towards a late Anglo-Saxon date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 410
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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