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Description: | Medieval copper alloy key (locking). Circular bow with two angled projections further deffined by grooves, and with dots for eyes, forming highly simplified animal-heads which face towars each other at either end of the rear of the bow. Collared moulding at the springing of the hollow, circular-sectioned shank, which is broken. Bit missing. Total surviving length 55mm. Bow 30 x 27mm. For a similar example with a C-shaped bow termianting in simplified animal heads, see NMS-C2BF87 (NHER40567). 13th - 15th century.
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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