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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy barrel lock slide key. The key has a round bow that has an external diameter of 8.88mm, and an offset small projection from its upper edge. Below the bow there is a rounded collar area with a transverse moulding and below this the shaft is flat and rectangular in shape terminating with the bit, which is set to one side of the shank with rectangular wards at each terminal creating an H-shaped section. The key measures 8.90mm in width, 60.61mm in length. Examples of similar keys dating to the twelfth to fifteenth centuries AD are noted in Egan, 1998: 100, especially No. 258. see also SF-7F9F55, from Fressingfield, Suffolk.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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