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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy nail cleaner of Colchester type 1b. Only the upper part and suspension loop survive; the tip is lost to an old break. The shaft is rectangular in section and the suspension loop is in the same plane as the shaft; it tapers slightly but constantly from the suspension loop to the broken end. The back is plain and flat. At the top is an oval section with a central circular hole creating the loop, below this is a moulded collar. Below the collar the front is moulded with two triangular recessed areas on each side leaving a raised lozenge in the centre between them. Below the triangular recesses the shaft is a plain rectangle in section with a central groove running down the front which would have deepened to separate the points at the missing end. The front is decorated with indented dots arranged in a cross on the raised lozenge at the top and in two lines flanking the upper part of the groove on the shaft. Down the groove run two indented zigzag lines creating a raised zig zag between them. It is 33.6mm long, 7.2mm wide and 2.6mm thick; it weighs 2.41 grams.Crummy (1983:58) suggests this type dates to the mid to late 1st century AD.
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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