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Roman ear-scoop
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2012-11-06 11:40:16
Title
Roman ear-scoop
Description
English: A Roman copper-alloy ear-scoop.

The artefact is of flat section, has round shoulders and gradually decreases in width and thickness, towards the base, where there is a circular, concave scoop. Both surfaces are decorated with a vertical groove which extends from top to bottom; on the reverse there is the trace of an addtional, parallel groove. At the apex is a circular loop, set at 90 degrees to the rest of the object.

Dimensions: 51.5mm long, 9.1mm wide, 1.4mm thick. Weight: 3.38g.

Ear-scoops are relatively common finds in Roman excavations (see, for example, Stead and Rigby 1986: fig. 56). This example is noteworthy in the fact that its form is more typical of a nail-cleaner, most ear-scoops having a circular-sectioned shaft.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 43 and 409
Accession number
FindID: 528316
Old ref: BH-8F6032
Filename: Roman_earscoop_12_155_13.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/402988
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/402988
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/528316
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