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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy rotary key of Medieval date. The key handle (bow) is in the shape of a flat lozenge with a circular perforation through each corner, and another in the centre. The lower corner of the lozenge has a two raised ridges leading in to the shaft, which is broken and the end (including the bit) is missing. The upper corner of the lozenge is surmounted with a hollow, squat cylindrical terminal with two piercings (one either side of the faces of the lozenge). This terminal is worn, but appears to have a raised ridge. Very similar to DENO-2EA0E4 on the database.Keys of this type are dated to the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, c.1200-1500.Length: 62.26mm; width: 31.27mm; thickness (or bow): 5.86mm; diameter of terminal: 3.16mm; weight: 41g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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