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Description: | A Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key, probably for a casket. It has an oval bow with an oval perforation, and a hollow shank with an oval cross section from which the projecting tip is missing, due to old breaks. The bit is rectangular with two opposing clefts to either side. The key measures 37.81mm in length and the shank is 4.56mm in width and 3.5mm in thickness.The length from the top of the stem to the base of the bit is 11.39mm. The key weighs 4.26g. Egan 1998, p.111 comments that this type of key was generally in use from c.1150-1400 AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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