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Description: | A Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key, probably for a casket. It has a circularbow with a circularperforation, and a solid shank with an oval cross section. The shank has a short, pointed projecting tip, The bit is rectangular with two opposing clefts to either side. The key measures 37.95mm in length and the shank is 4.26mm in width and 2.69mm in thickness.The length from the top of the stem to the base of the bit is 11.91mm. The key weighs 4.21g. 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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