File:Broken nail cleaner (FindID 95611).jpg

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broken nail cleaner
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2005-05-13 13:26:32
Title
broken nail cleaner
Description
English: Cast copper alloy toilet article, possibly a nail cleaner or pick. It has an incomplete suspension loop or hook and a broken shaft. The suspension hook has been flattened and broadened out and the shaft is circular in section. The broken hook is 14 mm long, 10 mm wide and 2.7 mm thick. The hook and shaft piece is 50 mm long and 4 mm in diameter and the other section of shaft is 72 mm long and 4 mm in diameter. Both pieces weigh 10.91g together.
Crummy illustrates an example of similar length on page 62, Fig.66, No.1940, which is dated to c.AD 75-125, and another example of similar style on page 62, Fig.67, No.1941, which is dated to the 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 75 and 225
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FindID: 95611
Old ref: CORN-4A8B27
Filename: Clemesfinds 081.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/61950
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/61950/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/95611
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