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Description: | A complete copper alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. The blade is sub-rectangular in shape and rectangular in section. It has a small divison between the points at the tip of the blade which then continues as a groove on one side for about a third of the blade. The junction of the blade and the suspension loop is roughly the same length of the blade and has bead, reel and spool mouldings - the spool being in the middle flanked by a bead either side and in turn flanked by a reel either side.The metal is dark grayish green. The object is 53.02mm in total length, the blade is 25.08mm in length, 6.24mm wide and 1.72mm thick. The suspension loop is 8.48mm in diameter, the inner loop is 4.21mm in diameter and 1.82mm thick. The moulded shaft is 19.65mm in length. The object weighs 3.95g.
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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