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Description: | Cast copper alloy Early Medieval key, dating from the pre-conquest period up to c.1200.It is incomplete, the bow being broken. It would have been oval in shape but more than half is missing. It meets the shaft in a point. The shaft is very short, it has a sub-circular cross section and is hollow, it is broken slightly at the base. The bit is a rectangle, it protrudes at 90 degrees from the shaft. It is openwork and has two teeth/prongs on the top and two on the bottom, facing each other. At the end there is another section which protrudes at 90 degrees to the main part, with two small teeth.Ward-Perkins Type 1b (London Museum Catalgoue 1940).
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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