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Description: | A pair of cast copper alloy tweezers of probable Early Medieval date. The arms are narrowest at the top and gradually flare to the pincers. The tweezer edges have slightly curled over ends. The exterior is decorated with small punched dots arranged with a transverse line across the middle of the arm, with three rows of dots descending from it. The centre line divides into two and the four lines curve together near the base to form two petal shapes. The whole arm has an incised line border. The same design is repeated on the other arm. Tweezers of this type are typically dated as Early Medieval but similar examples are known from Roman contexts. In this case the close association of other Anglo-Saxon material makes the later date more likely.
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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