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Description: | Copper alloy nail cleaner. The nail cleaner is quite small and very thin, measuring 28 mm in length and 4 mm in width. The blade is rectangular in profile. The top of the item (which is square in profile) is bent forwards. This appears to be a result of design as opposed to damage as there are no visible damage marks. The bottom of the blade is forked. The top of the object has a collar a little above the bend. Above the collar the cleaner is decorated with an incised dot on every face. Below the collar the cleaner is decorated with incised dots in a line down the centre of the blade, expanding to two lines as the blade begins to fork. The blade is also decorated with a line of incised dots on each of its sides. The reverse, however is undecorated. The nail cleaner is Roman, and the presence of the dotted decoration is suggestive of a late 4th century date (Crummy 2001, page6).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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