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Description: | A worn cast copper-alloy Roman nail cleaner dating to the first or second centuries AD. The suspension loop is 8.1mm in diameter and has an internal diameter of 3.4mm. This loop is in the same plane as the shaft. Below this is a narrow beginning to the shaft 12.9mm in length before it expands into shoulders with a maximum width of 13.9mm. The narrow section features decorative moulding consisting of a raised line at the junction of loop and shaft and a second line at the junction of the narrow element and the expanding shaft below. Below this second ridge the shaft curves out to a small point before curving in; thereafter it expands to the shoulders. From the shoulders the shaft tapers gently to the points (width of 4mm). The righthand point (obverse face) is slightly abraded. The division between the points continues solely up the obverse face as a roughly scored line. The nail cleaner is otherwise undecorated. The form of the artefact suggests classification as a Crummy (1983, 58) Type 2a, giving the date range cited. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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