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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy key of Medieval date. It is missing the terminal of the stem due to old breaks, now worn.The bow is quatrefoil. The stem is circular in section and hollow. There is a transverse moulding between the stem and the bit. The bit is rectangular and bifurcate. The inner block of the bit has four teeth and the outer two. These are created by one deep transverse groove and a shallow longitudinal groove across both halves.This key measures 98.02mm in length, 30.74mm in width at the bit, 9.43mm in diameter at the stem, 25.59mm in length at the bit, 9.87mm in width at the bit, 9.08mm in thickness, 48.73g in weight.There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF-5E5E31).
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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