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Description: | A cast copper alloy casket key of Late Medieval or early Post-Medieval date. It has a ring bow which is cracked and worn and set at an angle to the stem, and appears to have been burnt. There is a moulding between the loop and stem, and the latter is solid with projecting tip missing due to old breaks. The bit has two clefts and tool marks can be seen on these and the ward. It measures 37.39mm in length and the stem is 4.3mm in width. The width including the bit is 12.43mm, and the oval loop is 14.87mm x 12.35mm. It weighs 3.94g. A similar example from medieval Norwich comes from an early sixteenth century context. (Margeson fig.118, no.1285) 15th-16th cent. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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