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Description: | Copper alloy Key. Cast rotary key with circular bow and a short solid oval section stem with a protruding solid pointed end, for a fixed lock. A simple bit has a single central cleft. There are heavily worn traces of a quadruple incised circumferential band at the junction of stem and bow. The inside of the bow is also worn, especially towards the top of the loop, as if it had long served to suspend the key from a belt or girdle. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350.Length: 65.8mm, Diameter (bow): 34.6mm, Thickness (stem): 8.1mm, Weight: 26.11gms.
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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