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Description: | An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy arm from a pair of tweezers (5th-6th century). The arm has been made from copper alloy sheet that flares to a width of 13.67mm, before the end curves in at approximately 90 degrees. It has broken across the loop and the shape has been distorted through damage. The front surface is decorated with two incised lines, one running down each side forming a border. There are six punched ring and dot motifs running vertical down the centre. The last ring and dot also forms the central one in a line of three running horizontal along the end. Mid-green patina.
A very similar pair of tweezers were found at Shakenoak, now in the Ashmolean. The decoration is the same but this arm is slightly larger (MacGregor amd Bolick 1993: 221-224)
Dimensions: length 48.31mm; width 2.89mm expanding to 13.67mm; thickness 1.63mm; weight 2.10g.
Reference: MacGregor, A and Bolick, E. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non ferrous metals). Ashmolean Museum Oxford. British Archaeological Reports 230. Oxford | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 400
700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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