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Description: | A pair of tweezers formed from a single strip of copper alloy sheet of Roman date (100 - 400AD). The tweezers are broadly sub-rectangular in plan and cross section. The two terminals (nippers) of the tweezers have been lost and a relatively modern break is present at that point. The opposite terminal, where they have been folded consists of a regular (key-hole shaped) loop. This would have enabled the tweezers to have been joined to a ring of other toilet implements. There is no evidence of decoration or applied silver / tin surface present.They measure 47mm length, 4.1mm width, 4.5mm thick (the sheet metal is 1.2mm thick) and they weigh 1.8 grams.The tweezers are a mid brown green colour with an uneven and abraded patina which covers all surfaces. There is some evidence of an inactive light green corrosion product in places. The tweezers have also been distorted by movement in the ploughsoil. Similar tweezers are found in excavations across Britain, good parallels can be seen from Colchester (see N. Crummy; 1983; pp. 59; no. 1879 and 1883), although a developmental / typological sequence for this object type is uncertain.
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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