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A complete pair of cast copper-alloy Roman tweezers
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Museum of Antiquities of the University and Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Collins, 2009-06-18 15:37:30
Title
A complete pair of cast copper-alloy Roman tweezers
Description
English: A complete pair of cast copper-alloy Roman tweezers. The tweezers are formed from one strip of copper alloy folded double forming a loop at the head. The blades are rectangular in section and flare slightly towards the blunt terminals. Both blades outer surfaces are decorated with two vertical lines of short transverse grooves. These tweezers are still in working order. There are similar tweezers illustrated in Crummy (1983:58-9) figure 63.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 43 and 410
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FindID: 260271
Old ref: NCL-8C92C3
Filename: DSCN9420.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/214402
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/214402/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/260271
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Object location53° 08′ 14.28″ N, 0° 00′ 28.87″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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