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Description: | An Early Medieval copper alloy pair of tweezers (5th-6th century). The tweezers have been cast and they are decorated. The loop has a broad longitudinal groove bordered on either side by an incised line. The arms are decorated by two bands of parallel horizontal incised lines; the first band comprising seven lines, the second six. Some of these lines extend across the front surface and onto both sides. Below this panel is a section with bevelled edges and below this are two bands of parallel horizontal incised lines, each band comprising four lines. The arms gently expand from 4.50mm to 8.91mm, and then the ends of the arms turn at approximately 90°. Tweezers that have been cast and decorated in a similar style are contained within the Ashmolean and Arthur Macgregor notes that in the main they originated from 5th-6th century contexts (Macgregor and Bolick 1993:22-2). Dark brown patina with patches of pale green corrosion. Dimensions: length: 68.60mm; width at the loop: 4.48mm; width at the ends of the arms: 8.91mm; thickness just below the loop: 4.44mm; weight 10.22g References: MacGregor, A. and Bollick, E.A. 1993. Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals). BAR British Series 230. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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