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Description: | An incomplete bent pair of copper-alloy tweezers probably Roman in date. The tweezers are formed from a single piece of copper alloy (Th.: 1.1mm) rectangular in cross-section. This has been folded over on itself at a defined loop to form a sprung end. The two arms of the tweezers touch together at the loop end and are separate at the gripping end. They are 56.3mm long and flare gradually along their length (6.15mm at the loop to 6.8mm at the tip) towards the tip which is narrowed. The arms are thinned at the gripping ends to create the nibs.The metal has a dark-grey patina. Similar tweezers can be found illustrated in Crummy (1983, 59; fig. 63).
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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