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Description: | A cast copper alloy key, possibly a casket key. The handle/bow is circular in plan, with an off-centre circular hole. The stem is oval shaped in section and is oval except for the terminal which is tubular. The bit is off-set and has an obliquely angled block. The surface of the key has a mottled matte dark green coloured patina. In length, from the handle to the terminal of the stem it measures 31.05mm, and the widest point is the handle which is 12.89mm. The thickness of the stem is 3.06mm. It weighs 3.1g.
Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58) illustrates a similar key, No. 1311. This is dated to the 13th to 14th centuries. Goodhall I.H. in Biddle (Biddle, M. 1990 Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester Clarendon Press, Oxford) illustrates similar keys also, Nos. 3759, 3772 and 3798 which date to mid 13th to the early 16th century. | 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: | 1250
1575 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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