Object type
key
Fabric
medieval goldsmith
Culture/period
Medieval and modern
Materials
iron
Technique
forging
Mint
Production date
1300 / 1350
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Les Roquetes
Township
Tàrrega (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Dimensions
51 x 20 x 9 mm
Description
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Key formed by a circular eye, a solid stem and a square U-shaped blade. A frequent type in the Middle Ages, it was used to lock portable containers. It was found with an individual adult buried in the mass graves in the medieval Jewish cemetery (FS 164), very close to a set of stacked coins, which must have been in a case which the deceased would carry on his waist.
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1179