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Description: | Copper alloy key. Small solid cast rotary key, from its size probably for a casket. The open stub of a lozengiform or rhomboid bow with a drilled aperture is separated by a plain collar from a flat oval section stem with a rectangular bit with a single cleft in its front edge; the end of the stem is stepped, which may suggest it formerly bore a projecting spike at its end. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.Length: 27.3mm, Height (at bit): 8.6mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 1.82gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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