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Description: | A complete and misshapen Medieval copper-alloy rotary key for a casket (c. 1150-c. 1200).This key has an open bow and a hollow shank. The bow is sub-circular in plan (17.61 x 16.12mm) and has a sub-circular opening with a maximum diameter of12.33mm. It is flat on each side. The shank has a length of length of 20.75mm and a maximum diameter of 6.50mm. The bit (8.3 x 8.2 x 2.3mm) has two clefts at the fore and one cleft at the rear.This rotary key has a coarse green patina.Length: 36.25mm; width: 17.61mm; thickness: 5.53mm. Weight: 6.34g.Similar keys have been published and dated 12th-14th century (Read 2001: 67, fig. 45, refs: 536-538).A similar key has been published and dated c. 1150-c. 1200 (Egan 1998: 115, fig. 89, ref: 318).
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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