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Description: | A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key for a casket (c. AD 1150-1500).This key has an open bow and a solid shank. The bow is sub-circular in plan and has a sub-circular opening. It is flat on each side. The shank is oval in cross-section. Between the bow and the bit there is a double collar. The tapering narrowed pin is circular in cross-section and the bit is simple and has a cleft at the fore and a cleft at the rear.This rotary key has a greenish brown patina with numerous heavy file marks. 33.10 x 9.63 x 3.48mm. Weight: 2.82g.Similar keys have been published and dated 12th-14th century (Read 2001: 67, fig.45, refs: 536-538).Small crude keys, with circular bows and mainly very simple bits, were a long-lasting form, from at least the late 12th to the late 14th century (Egan 1998: 111).
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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