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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy rotary key of medieval date (AD 1150 to AD 1400). The bow is made up of four large ring (quatrefoil) to upper most of which is now missing, around a smaller central ring. Around the outer edge, at the point at which each ring touches the other, there is a small projection in plan from a smaller central ring. Part of a hollow stem, with is circular in section, survives. The object has a dark green patina. Similar examples are recorded on the database, see NLM-FE98E4 for a more complete example and LVPL-2B22A7, YORYM-A19567, YORYM-06FE05, YORYM-E826E8 and LEIC-01FBCD for fragments of similar keys.Length: 39.83mm; width: 32.38mm; thickness (of bow): 5.02mm; thickness of shaft: 9.32mm; weight: 13.2g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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