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Description: | A fragment of a set of copper-alloy tweezers of Roman date. A similar set of tweezers, bearing comparable punch marks, was found in excavations at nearby Baldock (see Stead and Rigby, 1986, p. 133, no. 312).
The piece consists of one arm, the other arm and the loop having been broken off. The arm is parallel-sided and the end is angled inwards at approximately forty-five degrees. The outer surface is decorated with a single column of punch marks, which extend to just above the angled end. These punchmarks, all apparently identical, consist of a lozenge-shaped arrangement of dots, with a single dot at the centre.
The artefact measures 36.4mm long, 5.7mm wide and 0.7mm thick. The weight is 1.31g. | Subjects: | Tweezers | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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