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A medieval cast copper alloy key
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Kent County Council, Braena, 2012-05-01 12:42:18
Title
A medieval cast copper alloy key
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy medieval key. The bit is angled at almost 90 degrees with an oval-shaped aperture, attached to a rolled shank. The termination comes to a rolled point. The condition is good and there is very little surfact corrosion in the object. Similar objects may be found in Egan (1998), pg. 101 nos. 258, 259 and 262.

The key is 167 mm long, 6.79 mm wide and weighs 36.04 g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1200 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1200-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 500292
Old ref: KENT-9607F7
Filename: KENT-9607F7.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/379654
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/379654/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/500292
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