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Casket key
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All rights reserved, David Roberts, 2012-01-31 16:37:25
Title
Casket key
Description
English: A copper-alloy casket key of Medieval date.

The bow is lozenge shaped with a prominent raised collar adjacent to it. The stem is of sub-circular cross section. The bit, set at the base of the stem, is flat with a cleft at the front edge. The key measures 36mm long, 8.5mm wide at the bow end and is 5.1m thick on its stem. The weight is 2.8g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1250 and 1450
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 485671
Old ref: PUBLIC-818814
Filename: 13-15C Bronze casket 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/367789
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/367789/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/485671
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