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Description: | Copper alloy key. Rotary key made by rolling sheet metal of thickness 0.8mm with an overlapping seam along the underside of its stem, and with a hollow end to its stem. A flattened rhomboid or lozengiform bow is formed by the folding of metal and its hammering, with the subsequent drilling of an aperture. The stem diminished in its thickness from bow to rectangular bit; the bit is formed by paired projecting lugs of sheet metal [one lost] with a cleft in its front edge. Either decoration or enhanced grip are provided by very crudely executed slashes on both sides of the stem and bow. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.Length: 55.4mm, Height (at bow): 15.6mm, Thickness: 8.8mm, Weight (possibly with trapped soil): 10.16gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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