File:Copper alloy medieval tweezers (FindID 265488).jpg

English: A pair of copper-alloy tweezers, broken into two pieces and probably dating from the Early Medieval period. Each arm of the tweezers is decorated with a pattern of seven ring and dot motifs, arranged as a line of three along the narrow part of the arm and four in a lozenge shape where the tweezers broaden out at the open end. The arms are narrow at the loop, where the break is, and flare to the terminals. At the end, they turn inwards by a little more than 90 degrees. They have a glossy dark-green patina. As well as being in two pieces, there is slight damage to the terminals, and one arm is bent at right angles in the middle. They are 61.7mm long, 11.7mm wide, and 0.9mm thick (note that the thickness quoted here is that of the metal in a single arm, not the combined thickness of the artefact). They weigh 4.9gm. Tweezers are very difficult to date as they can be Roman, Early Medieval or medieval, but examples of this style tend to date from 720 - 850 AD (Geake). SF-B664A5, NMS-38B0E5 and BERK-323431 are similar examples.