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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy Roman nail cleaner. This object represents the truncated shaft of the nail cleaner. It is subrectangular in plan and flat in section and tapers to a forked point. An incised line runs from each point of the fork, continuing up the shaft, to both surfaces. The break on the shaft is almost horizontal. The break edge is worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment has a brown patina with tiny patches of yellowy beige corrosion product. It has a surviving length of 22.46mm, is 7.82mm at the widest point, 3.88mm at the forked point, is 1.3mm thick and weighs 0.86g. It is likely that this shaft is from a Crummy type 2a, in which case the shaft would have had an overall leaf shape, tapering to the points. See Crummy 1983, Figure 62, number 1872. This would give it a date from mid 1st century to 2nd century.
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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