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Description: | A cast copper alloy rotary casket key of probable medieval date. The key measures 37.6mm by 12.81mm by 4.96mm and weighs 6.95g. The external diameter of the circular bow is 13.97mm and its central perforation, 6.5mm. The key has a hollow stem with oval cross section and an unelaborate bit with a cleft on each side. A number of similar keys are illustrated in Brian Read's 'Metal Artefacts of Antiquity' (2001, pp. 67,72, nos. 544-547). These examples have all been dated from the late twelfth to early fourteenth centuries. | 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: | 1150
1350 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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