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Description: | A cast copper-alloy rotary or casket key of Medieval date. It has a flattened lozenge shaped bow with central circular aperture and small globular collar separating the bow from the shaft of the key. The shaft itself is cylindrical in form, solid and with slightly faceted surfaces covered with extensive tool marks, and tapers to a sharp point. Before the shaft sharpens to its pointed tip there is an integrally cast bit that is flat, rectangular in form and in line with the stem. This has opposing rectangular clefts. The entire key measures 40.33mm in length, 12.22mm in width/height at bow, 4.06mm in thickness, and weighs 3.56g. It is of Medieval date, c.12th-15th centuries AD.
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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