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Description: | Copper alloy tweezers on a circular ring, probably Early Medieval in date, c. 600- 1100 AD.The ring is plain and appears to have been cast, it has a circular cross section. The diameter of the ring is 21.63mm with a thickness of 2.66mm. The tweezers themselves are symmetrical and have been attached to the ring by folding in half, over the ring. They have a D-shaped cross section, with the flat side facing inwards, most of the way down, until they being to widen, and flatten out at the terminals. The tweezers are corroded and some of the edges are uneven. The surface is pitted and although mainly brown has some light green patches from corrosion. Kevin Leahy has seen an image of these tweezers and comments 'It's hard to say what date these are as there aren't any really diagnostic features to help us. One thing that can be said is that I doubt that they are Roman or Early Anglo-Saxon, their tweezers tended to expand gradually towards the nips and not suddenly as on this 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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