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Description: | A small copper-alloy key with an octagonal shank and a simple bit. The key is 33 mm long and its shank is 5 mm wide. The key has a lozenge shaped loop. There is a collar situated just below this loop. The keys shank is indendted but not hollow. The key has a very simple bit consisting of a single 'L' shaped tooth. Keys of this nature were probably 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
1375 | 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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