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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy casket key dating to the Medieval period (c. late 12th-early 14th century AD). This key consists of a sub circular bow, a sub-rectangular sectioned collar and solid shank, a projecting pin at the end of the shank and a simple rectangular bit with two clefts. The key bow is an unusual shape; oval at the shaft end, but with a rectangular projection at the far end making it almost keyhole shaped. This is the intended shape, not a result of wear. The key has a dark green and brown patina.Compare many examples on the database including SUSS-5A6135 which cites Read 2001, Fig. 45, No. 538 and Egan 1998, p111.
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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