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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy key, probably for a casket or similar object, of Medieval date. It has a flat, circular bow with central circular perforation. A slight collar is indicated by moulded sides to the head of the stem. The stem itself is solid, rectangular in form with a flattened oval shaped section and tapers to a pointed tip. The integral bit is in line with the bow, is solid, rectangular in form and with opposing sub-oval shaped clefts separated from the stem by a single incised transverse groove visible on both faces. This key measures 43.91mm in length, 14.92mm in height at bow, 3.37mm in thickness, and weighs 6.62g. It is similar in form to examples from London (Egan, 1998: nos. 300, 305, 307), which suggest a date in the 12th-14th centuries AD for the current example. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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