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Description: | A fragment from one flaring arm of a set tweezers of Early-Medieval/Anglo-Saxon date. It is formed from a relatively thin sheet of copper alloy that is trapezoidal in form flaring towards the base and terminating in old breaks at top and bottom. In profile the object is slightly curved probably as a result of post-depositional damage. The front face has punched and incised decoration comprising faintly incised lines that form a border to either side of the face. Within these lines are contained two vertical rows of punched ring and dot motifs that are unevenly placed and number 12 in total. The back face is undecorated and all surfaces have a worn green patina. The object measures 22.76mm in length, 11.66mm in width at base, 1.20mm in thickness and weighs 1.19g. This is a fragment from near the base/blade of a set of tweezers. Similar examples with punched and incised decoration that flare towards the blade are noted from Suffolk (West, 1998: no. 134.1; SF-5E3C68) and Norfolk (see for example NMS-38B0E5, NMS-38EF31 and NMS-6DCAD4) and indicate an Anglo-Saxon date, and possibly a Middle Anglo-Saxon date, for the current example.
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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