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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy casket key of medieval date. The key has a circular bow, which has been bent to one side, and a broadly circular cross-section stem with hollowed end. There is a moulded collar on the upper and lower surfaces where the bow develops into the stem. The bit steps to one side on its lower half. It is formed of trapezoidal removals to the front and back creating short wards below the stem and slightly thicker ones at the base of the bit. The object has a dark-green patina and the surface is now slightly corroded. A similar casket key can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 72; ref. 548).
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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