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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner. The object has a leaf-shaped shaft, 8.5mm wide and 1.5mm thick, with two points at one end and a suspension loop at the other end. The loop is at right angles to the plane of the shaft. This is a plain nail cleaner with no decoration. The total length of the object is 46mm and the weight is 1.67g. The colour is dark brown. This is a Crummy Type 2a which dates from the mid to late 1st century to the 2nd century (Crummy, N 1983, page 58, no. 1874).
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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