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English: Three copper-alloy fragments of an Anglo-Saxon tweezers that form one half of the tweezers. The finder has glued the three fragments together. The artefact has an in-turned nib which extends for 2.41mm. The arm has a wide flare by the nib, 13.53mm wide, and then tapers to 3.88mm at a length of 42.25mm. The arm then rises up and continues for a further length of 5.14mm, giving a total length for the object of 48.50mm, before bending over in a smooth curve to form the top loop of the tweezers. The second arm of the artefact has broken off 4.93mm from the top of the loop. This loop forms an oval with inner dimensions of 2.97mm high and 1.50mm wide. The outer dimensions are width 3.20mm and 4.80mm high. The upper surface of the arm is decorated with an incised marginal groove that runs parallel to all edges. From the bottom of the arm, edge nearest to the nib, is a row of four ring and dot motifs along the centre of the arm. The diameter of each motif is 1.88mm and these are spaced 1.10mm apart. Another motif might be present after the fourth motif and a gap of 6.84mm. It might be assumed that the second arm would have held identical decoration on its upper surface. The fragment with the nib has a length of 23.44mm, the middle fragment is 9.32mm long and the fragment containing the suspension loop is 15.14mm long. The sheet of copper-alloy is 1.00mm thick. Weight 1.78g including glue and backing paper.

This artefact is similar to Macgregor, A. & Bolick, E. 1993, p.220-226, No.38.12 however this artefact does not have a row of ring and dot motifs across the end like that illustrated in Macgregor & Bolick.

Examples of similar tweezers can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database, including examples: LEIC-8CCAE1, LIN-925D91, LVPL-B42D26.