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Description: | Crudely made complete copper alloy wire nail cleaner. Circular sectioned wire shaft with flattened bifurcated terminal, and a suspension loop of two turns. The shaft is slightly bent. Length (bent) width at loop 80.0mm, approx length unbent 85mm, width at loop 5.89mm, thickness at loop 8.07mm, diameter of wire 2.3mm, weight 4.35g.That the terminal is bifurcated indicates that this is probably Roman - nail cleaners in the Early Medieval and Medieval periods had single pointed ends rather than being bifurcated (MacGregor and Bollick 1993 ('Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections', BAR 230, Oxford) p.216 & Mills 1999 ('Medieval Artefacts, Chelmsford) p.101).
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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