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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy medieval (AD c.1400-c.1500) rotary key, missing part of its bow, part of its bit and the tip of the stem. Overall, the key measures 91.4mm long, 25.2mm wide and 8.2mm thick. It weighs 28.88g.The key has an incomplete circular bow (25.2mm in diameter and 5.3mm thick) and a sub-cylindrical stem with an expanded moulded collar (9.5mm long, 10.4mm wide and 8.2mm thick) at the bow end. The stem is hollow and expands from 6.9mm wide and 7.0mm thick at the collar to 7.3mm wide and 7.4mm thick at the broken terminal. It has two elaborate bits, one of which is missing. The surviving one, the front one, is partly broken.
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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