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Early-medieval tweezers (fragment)
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None, Julian Watters, 2007-08-14 17:46:33
Title
Early-medieval tweezers (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a pair of copper-alloy tweezers of probable middle Early-medieval (Anglo-Saxon) date.

Only the lower portion of one of the arms survives. The horizontal bottom edge is bent inwards at approximately ninety degrees to the rest of the arm. The width tapers from 14.4mm at the bottom to 5.3mm at the point where it is broken. On the upper surface are two areas of punched ring-and-dot decoration. The area adjacent to the bottom edge consists of three marks in a triangular formation, with a fourth inside; the second area lies close to the broken edge and comprises four marks in a lozenge formation. The uppermost parts of the outer edges are also decorated with a series of closely-spaced, small punch marks, creating a 'toothed' border.

The fragment measures 24.4mm long and 0.7mm thick. The weight is 0.87g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 720 and 850
Accession number
FindID: 189999
Old ref: BH-1D98D7
Filename: Early med tweezers 07 60 - 24.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/147340
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/147340/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/189999
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