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Description: | An incomplete Late Roman (AD 350-410) copper alloy nail cleaner with multiple motifs, missing half its loop and the bifurcated end of the body. It is also bent. The nail cleaner is 48.38mm in length (unbent, c.50mm), max.10.92mm wide, max.1.49mm thick and weighs 2.99 grams.The surviving section of the loop is 7.50mm wide/ in diameter (internal c.5mm) and 1.33mm thick. Below is a punched ring-and-dot and a moulding to either side, at the top of the shaft.The shaft is decorated with transverse incised lines and measures 16mm in length. It is parallel-sided (5.5mm) and 1.49mm thick (the edges being slightly chamfered). At the base of the shaft is a stamped ring and dot with a circular lug to either side, each decorated with a stamped ring-and-dot (width at this point 10.23mm, thickness 1.36mm).Below, the body has narrow shoulders, expanding outwards from 7.82mm to 10.92mm, before narrowing to the (old) break (5.77x1.44mm). A line of tiny punched crescents follows the outline of the body, the curved edge facing inwards. At the centre are two further punched ring-and-dots, vertically arranged. Below, above the break, are scratched two possible letters, FE on their side. However this may be the result of more recent damage.The reverse is flat and undecorated.The punched ring-and-dot decoration suggests a Late Roman date and civilian or possible military association.
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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