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Description: | a complete pair of cast copper alloy tweezers, with an estimated length of 64mm in length. The tweezers are distorted, with both arms bent. Both arms flare from the loop to the terminals (from 5.3mm to 8.82mm wide) where they bend inwards at a 45 degree angle. Each arm is decorated just below the loop with a panel of five transverse grooves, and there is another panel of similar decoration at 11.25mm below the first, again on each arm. Both arms have worn surfaces, and there is no trace of any further decoration. The tweezers are similar to another pair from Yaxley, SF-592E71, and are likely to be early Anglo-Saxon in date by association. Tweezers of this type are likely to be of Roman origin, but continue into the seventh centruy. Other similar examples are illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, p220-225 | 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
720 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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