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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy rotary or casket key of Medieval date. It has a circular bow with circular aperture, missing the uter edge due to old breaks. The integral stem is oval in section and hollow at the bit end. The bit itself is rectangular in form, set in line with the bow and has opposing rectangular clefts. It measures 34.62mm in length, 17.17mm in height at bow, 4.55mm in thickness at stem, and 4.10g in weight. This key is of Medieval date, with parallels noted from London (Egan, 1998: no. 294), probably c.14th century AD if not slightly earlier or later. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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