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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy Medieval casket key. The circular section hollow shank has a shouldered sub-circular bow. The simple rectangular bit has asymmetrical clefts with offset and opposing channels. The length of the key is 33.6mm, the bow has an external diameter of 11.9mm and the weight is 5.84g. The bit has a length of 7.2mm, a width of 8.5mm and a thickness of 3.7mm.
Similar examples in Egan (1998, p.111, No. 301) have been dated 1200-1350 | 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: | 1200
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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