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Description: | A complete but damaged nail cleaner made from sheet copper alloy dating to the Roman period. The nail cleaner has a sub circular loop with a circular perforation with an approximate diameter of 2.5mm. The loop narrows into a neck or collar with decorative dentated or sawtooth edges on both sides. A leaf shaped blade expands from the neck. At the bottom of the blade the straight sides converge to from a bifucate (V-shaped double pronged) terminal. The nail cleaner has suffered a break to the shoulders of the leaf blade which traverses approximately 75% accross the width of the nail cleaner. The nail cleaner is slightly contorted. The damage is not new. The surfaces of the nail cleaner are undecorated. The surfaces are light and dark brown in colour with an uneven patina. Length: 38.26mm. Width: 8.21mm. Thickness at collar: 1.93mm. Thickness at centre of blade: 1.11mm. Weight: 1.6g.
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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