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Description: | Copper alloy key fragment. Cast rectangular bit from a rotary key with a pair of vertical clefts in its lower edge, one longer than the other, and with traces of grooves on its back edge; form otherwise uncertain. The end of the round section stem was hollowed by drilling. A group of three circumferentially inscribed lines appears on the stem to either end of the bit. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1400.Length: 28.5mm, Height: 21.9mm, Thickness/Diameter: 8.8mm, Weight: 13.97gms
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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