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Description: | A medieval copper alloy casket key which is 35.7mm long. The key has a circular loop as a bow which is slightly bent and is 13.2mm wide. There is a thick collar which is oval in section under the bow, and the stem is also oval in section and thickens at the bit end to 4.1mm. The bit is rectangular with central clefts in the front and rear edges. The end of the stem is concave and corroded. The surface of the key is light grey and grainy. Parallels can be seen in Crummy (1988) and in Ottaway and Rogers (2002). | 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: | 1066
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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