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CAM-595474,Medieval key
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Cambridgeshire County Council, Kate Orr, 2009-11-02 13:39:22
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CAM-595474,Medieval key
Description
English: A cast copper alloy Medieval casket key. Late 12th to early 14th century. The key has a circular bow, a solid stem, a cut bit and no shoulder. Its weight is 4.2g, the length is 33.52mm, the width of the stem is 5.17mm and the thickness of the stem is 3.27mm. The diameter of the bow is 13.1mm. The object has a mid to dark green patina with very little corrosion product. See Read, 2001, Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, pages 67 and 72 nos. 546-547 and 549-550.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1100 and 1350
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 273559
Old ref: CAM-595474
Filename: CAM-595474.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/227109
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/227109/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/273559
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 17 November 2020)
Object location52° 09′ 54″ N, 0° 00′ 51.58″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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