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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy Medieval casket key, c. 12th - 14th century AD. This key consists of a circular bow, a sub-oval sectioned collar and solid shank, a projecting pin and a simple bit. The key bow is worn on its interior edge where the key may have become abraded from suspension. The rest of the key shows no unusual signs of wear. It measures 33.5 mm long, 9.7 mm wide at bit, 9.23 mm diameter at loop, 2.7 mm thick at bit and weighs 2.4 grams.Cf. Read 2001, Fig. 45, No. 538. See also Egan 1998, p111.
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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