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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy casket key of Medieval date. Only the stem and bit survive intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The stem is oval shaped in section, hollow at the tip and with a moulded collar at the loop end. It has an integrally cast rectangular bit that is positioned in line with the stem and has a single rectangular cleft. The entire object measures 25.39mm in length, 10.18mm in height, 3.51mm in thickness, and weighs 2.55g. It is of Medieval date, probably from the 13th-15th centuries AD. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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