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Description: | A copper alloy slide key, possibly dating to the fourteenth century AD. The key possesses a circular section, kidney shaped bow. This extends to a circular section stem with incised circumferential groove and collar. The stem then becomes rectangular in section and extends to a shield shaped bit with three rectangular adjoining apertures. The length of the key is 57mm. The width of the bow is 27mm, the width of the bit is 21mm. Similar keys with shield shaped bits [269, 270] are illustrated in Egan 'The Medieval Household Daily Living c.1150-c.1450', p102. | 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: | 1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Philippa Walton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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