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Description: | A small copper-alloy key with a circular bow and a simple bit. The key is 37 mm long. Its shank is 5 mm wide and its loop is 12 mm in diameter. There is a collar immediately below the loop. The key's shank is hollow. The simple bit has been broken and is missing one of its teeth. The small key probably was designed to fit a lock on a casket. The key is medieval in date, although such keys were a long-lasting form and date from around the late 12th century to the late 14th century. Similar examples are illustrated in Egan (1998, pages 111-112; figures 294-307). | 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: | 1175
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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