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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. This nail cleaner is of Crummy's Type 2a. The object comprises a circular suspension loop with an integral ovate collar which expands to form the rounded shoulders of the top of the blade. The blade proper has been lost to an old worn break. The collar is decorated with circumferential moulded rope-work rings. The loop at right angles to the plane of the blade.The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The nail cleaner is 21.7mm long, 10.6mm wide, 5.6mm thick and weighs 1.6g.A similar example is illustrated in Crummy (1983), p.58, fig.62, no.1872 and is classed as a Type 2a which date to the mid-1st-2nd century AD. In the description of this type Crummy states that the suspension loop is "often, though not invariably, at right angles to the plane of the blade".
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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