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Casket key (locking)
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2004-05-14 16:08:23
Title
Casket key (locking)
Description
English: A complete copper-alloy casket key. Measuring 36mm in length. This key has a circular bow measuring 14mm in external diameter and 8mm in internal diameter. The stem of this key is hollow and has an oval cross-section, it is 6mm in width and 4mm in thickness. The bit has two central opposing clefts.

This casket key is most likely to be medieval in date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 1100 and 1540
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 63206
Old ref: SF-156DB5
Filename: FRK032SF-156DB5.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/25400
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/25400/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/63206
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