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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy rotary key of medieval date. This key has an elaborate bit on a hollow, circular-sectioned drilled shank which is broken before the bow end. Near the bit the shank is broken, revealing it to be hollow for c.14.40mm, possibly for a corresponding pin set in the lock. Ward Perkins (1940) considered a hollow shank to be indicative of a casket or chest key.The bit measures 13.53 x 22.67 x 9.16mm. It has asymmetrical channels and cleffs. There is a channel parallel to the shank along one side and one on the underside of the bit. There are two cleffs, one at the front of the bit, and one towards the back of the underside.This is similar to an example in Egan (1998), p.113, no.313.
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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