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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dave Watson, 2011-09-15 23:10:49 |
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Casket Key |
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| Description |
English: Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key for a small lock, probably on a casket. The key has an oval bow with a circular hole through it, a shank with an oval cross section and a simple rectangular bit with two opposing notches half way down the sides. The end of the shank is hollow with a deep recess. The shank and bow taper in thickness from 4.88mm at the end of the shank to 3.75mm at the bow, the bit steps in on both faces to 2.71mm thick just below its junction with the shank. It is slightly bent in plan, now 36.04mm long, the bow is 13.75mm wide, the shaft 4.79mm x 5.30mm and the bit 7.06mm long by 5.43mm wide; it weighs 6.3 grams.
In: "The Medieval Household, Daily Living c.1150-c.1450", Egan (1998, p111) comments that small, crude keys with circular bows and mainly very simple bits were a long-lasting form, in use from at least the late 12th to the late 14th century. He suggests that these sometimes almost rudimentary keys may have been for locks on caskets (ibid). Several similar keys can be seen on the database including <a href="http://database/artefacts/record/id/451250">HAMP-B42931</a> and <a href="http://database/artefacts/record/id/445175">ESS-63BA54</a> Also recorded UKDFD-22334. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| Date | between 1150 and 1400 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 462686 Old ref: PUBLIC-277992 Filename: casket key.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/346154 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/346154/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/462686 |
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