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Unique ID: HAMP-5744A5
Object type certainty: Certain
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A slightly corroded and damaged, but complete medieval cast copper-alloy casket key. The key has a seemingly solid stem of oval cross-section with a hollow end; the end has been slightly abraded on one side. The bow is circular in shape with a circular perforation (Ext. dia.: 13.1mm, Int. dia.: 8.5mm). The bow has been bent slightly out of the plane of the stem and has cracked near the junction with the stem, lowermost. At the other end, the bit is rectangular in shape with a pair of rectangular clefts central on either short side creating four wards of broadly equal size. Similar keys can be found illustrated in Read (2001, 72; refs. 544ff.). This artefact has corroded to a variable mid-green colour.
Class:
rotary key
Sub class: casket
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1300
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.7 mm
Height: 17.4 mm
Width: 4.2 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 4.92 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011
This object was found at Leisure Promotions - 'Lambourn' (25/09/11)
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Other reference: E3215
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SU3779
Four figure Latitude: 51.508724
Four figure longitude: -1.468261
1:25K map: SU3779
1:10K map: SU37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 2001 | Metal artefacts of antiquity: A catalogue of small finds from specific areas of the United Kingdom | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | 72 | 544ff. |
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