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a medieval casket key
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Jack Coulthard, 2012-02-08 15:32:58
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a medieval casket key
Description
English: A cast, copper alloy casket key, London Museum Catalogue type 5, dating from AD1200-1400. The bow is broken, but was probably sub-circular with a small, internal projection where the bow meets the shaft. Between the bow and the circular shaft is a rectangular collar. Both collar and shaft are solid. The shaft tapered to a point, but this has broken away and is missing. The bit depends from the centre of the shaft and is separated from it by a narrow groove on each side. It consists of an openwork rectangle above six small, equal sized, rectangular wards. The key has a dark brown patina. It is 34mm long, 14.5mm wide and 5.3mm thick. It weighs 4.18gm.

A similar key is illustrated in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue, plate XXX, number 26.
Depicted place (County of findspot) York
Date between 1200 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 487579
Old ref: SWYOR-295625
Filename: PAS_1677_key.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/369362
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/369362/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/487579
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 30 November 2020)
Object location53° 55′ 37.92″ N, 1° 03′ 48.96″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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