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Description: | A bent and slightly corroded pair of Roman copper-alloy tweezers. A similar example was found at Colchester (N. Crummy, 1983, p.62, no. 1943) and a date of late 3rd to 4th century was suggested.The object has been made from a piece of sheet metal and has a suspension loop at the top and a pair of blades, which flare outwards slightly at the bottom. Both sides are decorated around the edges with an incised line border. Overall, the object measures 40.6mm long by up to 6.7mm wide and weighs 2.50g. The metal sheet is 0.5mm thick.
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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