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Roman tooth pick (probably)
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Winchester Museums Service, Robert Webley, 2010-04-13 13:43:05
Title
Roman tooth pick (probably)
Description
English: A Roman cast copper-alloy toothpick. The artefact has a comma shaped terminal blade that curves round to one side as it tapers to a point; the tip is slightly truncated and bent. At the other end is a slight indent on both sides, although these are misaligned, before a narrow stem continues. The stem expands slightly at the other end (W.: 4.4mm) to receive a perforation presumably for suspension; the terminal has been broken at the hole where the sides are narrow and weak. The blade is flat and plain; it measures 27.6 by 19.6 by 1.05mm. The stem is also flat and plain with a rectangular cross section. It has buckled slightly post deposition.

The blade is of a common late Roman form, with four silver examples known from the Hoxne hoard (Johns 2010, 133-135; refs. 150-153). They are normally accompanied by an ear scoop at the other end; we have noted on this example rather the presence of a loop which may suggest that this object was suspended from a chatelaine.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hampshire
Date between 300 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 385058
Old ref: HAMP-4669A5
Filename: HAMP-4669A5toothpick.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/276236
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/276236
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/385058
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Object location51° 14′ 09.96″ N, 1° 05′ 41.64″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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