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KEY (LOCKING)
Unique ID: SF-4337A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy rotary or casket key of Medieval date. It has a flattened circular bow with central circular aperture. The stem is oval shaped in section and hollow at the tip end where there is an integrally cast flattened rectangular bit positioned in line with the stem. This has two small opposing rectangular clefts. The entire object measures 35.37mm in length, 17.41mm in height, 3.53mm in thickness, and weighs 3.89g. It is of Medieval date, probably from the 13th-15th centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.37 mm
Height: 17.41 mm
Thickness: 3.53 mm
Weight: 3.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wortham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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