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ROTARY KEY

Unique ID: DENO-9DF934

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Medieval cast copper alloy rotary key, 13th-14th century. Lozenge-shaped shouldered bow, oval-sectioned shank, rectangular bit with single square cleft in the outer edge, narrowed pointed pin in end of shank (length 3.3mm). File marks on the bit and bow. Mid blue-green patina. The shank is slight bent towards the loop end. Length 38.0mm, width across bow 12.7mm, thickness of bow 2.4mm, length of bit and shank 11.7mm, width of bit 8.0mm, min thickness of bit (at end) 1.5mm, max thickness (across end of shank), weight 3.64g. See Egan 1998 ('The Medieval Household', HMSO) p.111-113 for a discussion and other examples of such keys.

Class: casket

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 12.7 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 3.64 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E6847

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Langford

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office	111-3

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Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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