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Description: | A complete copper alloy box or casket rotary key of post-medieval date. The key is small with a flattened circular cross section. The bow extends from one end of the stem and is circular in plan with a circular central hole. The bow is quite worn resulting in a thinner section around the outer edge. The opposite end of the stem terminates into a worn end where a simple, plain rectangular bit extends.The metal is dark green-black in colour. The key is 36.15mm in length, the bow is 12.89mm in diameter, the stem is 5.25mm thick and the bit is 5.34mm by 7.03mm. The key weighs 5.56g.
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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