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Description: | A broken, now incomplete, cast copper-alloy possible late Roman artefact known as a 'nail-cleaner strap-end'; it could have been either or both. The object takes the form of an elongated quadrilateral, squared off at the short ends - at the attachment end following an old break, before any lugs or loop. It is flat and rectangular in cross-section. Towards the attachment end is the widest point; from this point it tapers gradually to the terminal. The squared off terminal has a slight V-shaped removal within a longer triangular groove on the upper surface. This gives the strap-end a slight fork or bifid end. Though the prongs of the fork may be too short to be effectual, it is clearly reminiscent of a nail cleaner. The lower surface is plain; the upper surface is decorated with a heavily punched central ring-and-dot motif at the widest point. Below the widest point the upper edges of the object are decorated with finely incised diagonal lines. The artefact has a fairly even grey-green patina with some slight pitting and light-green corrosion product. There are some scratches to the lower surface.
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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