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Description: | A copper-alloy nail cleaner of probable 4th century date. A similar example (in terms of form, not decoration) is recorded on the PAS database, see NMGW-084055.The nail cleaner has an elongated blade which tapers gradually in width from the central point. At the top are two pairs of double transverse moulded ridges, separated from each other by a narrower, waisted section. There is no attachment loop and it is uncertain as to whether this ever existed. At the bottom are two forked points with a central groove which, on the upper surface, extends to almost halfway up the blade. This upper surface is decorated with an incised pattern. Just in from both long sides is an incised line; projecting inwards from the inner edge of each of these lines is a repeating series of double-arched grooves; projecting outwards are smaller, single-arched incisions. On the reverse of the blade is a longitudinal incised pointed oval with a single ring-and-dot punch mark at the centre.The object is bent and corroded in places. It measures 74.4mm long, 7.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick. The weight is 6g.
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