File:Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner from the mid-late 3rd century AD (FindID 224902).jpg

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Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner from the mid-late 3rd century AD
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National Museum Liverpool, Frances McIntosh, 2008-07-14 15:51:30
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Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner from the mid-late 3rd century AD
Description
English: Cast copper alloy Roman nail cleaner from the mid-late 3rd century AD.

The circular attachment loop at the top has broken. The body of the cleaner is long and rectangular. There is a widening of the body in the centre, it then narrows again towards the end. It ends in a 2 pronged terminal.

There is some decoration in the form of incised lines on one face. This is a Crummy Type 1a which date from the mid 1st century through to the 2nd century AD. c.f. no 1869 on page 58 of the Colchester report (Crummy; 1995)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 43 and 120
Accession number
FindID: 224902
Old ref: LVPL-1D48D2
Filename: a75a.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/181688
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/181688/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/224902
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Object location52° 28′ 00.84″ N, 1° 10′ 09.66″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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