File:2527 Roman Copper alloy tweezers (FindID 242255).jpg

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2527 Roman Copper alloy tweezers.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2009-01-05 10:33:07
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2527 Roman Copper alloy tweezers.jpg
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English: Copper-alloy tweezers length 66mm, width 5mm, thickness 1mm, weight 5.85g. Formed from a single strip which has been folded double. The terminal of the arms bend inwards to face each other, the other edge is bevelled. A very similar artefact was found in excavations in Colchester (see N. Crummy; 1983; pp. 59; no. 1883), although the developmental sequence for this object type is uncertain. Date roman
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Somerset
Date between 43 and 410
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FindID: 242255
Old ref: GLO-21F813
Filename: 2527 Roman Copper alloy tweezers.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/197797
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/197797/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/242255
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