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Description: | a copper alloy arm from a pair of tweezers, of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. It is triangular in shape, with the arm flaring to one terminal, where it measures 8.13mm in width, and turns in at an angle of forty five degrees. It is broken off at the opposite terminal before the loop, and is 3.48mm wide. Two zones of incised line decoration can be seen, close to this terminal, one of four lines and one of three, and both have traces of gilding. The extant length of tweezer arm is 34.13mm, and it weighs 0.96g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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