File:Early Medieval Tweezers (FindID 545157).jpg
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[edit]Early Medieval Tweezers | |||
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Photographer |
Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2013-04-30 12:31:17 |
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Title |
Early Medieval Tweezers |
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Description |
English: Middle Saxon copper alloy tweezers. Cast, D-sectioned loop with notch-like mouldings on either side defining the beginning of the narrow arms which expand to wide, triangular terminals with in-turned blades. Incised lines follow the edge of the arms and blades, with a row of ten ring-and-dots on each arm and three rows of six, five and five ring-and-dots on one terminal and seven, six and six ring and dots on the other. A wire ring with twisted end-knots is secured to the loop.
Similar examples have been found at Hamwic (Hinton, 1996, 45, fig18, no.38/40 and 258/102) and Flixborough (Evans and Loveluck, 2009, 31, fig.1.12, no.215 and 220/221). External diameter of wire ring 19mm. Length of tweezers 78mm. Width at blades 20mm. 8th - 9th century. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Norfolk | ||
Date | between 700 and 900 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 545157 Old ref: NMS-E44625 Filename: 4780_252022_MS_Tweezers_ILL.jpg |
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Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/424950 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/424950/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/545157 |
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Permission (Reusing this file) |
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Object location | 52° 31′ 32.52″ N, 0° 30′ 27.32″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.525700; 0.507590 |
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Horizontal resolution | 600 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 600 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Windows |
File change date and time | 12:30, 30 April 2013 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Width | 2,417 px |
Height | 5,011 px |
Number of components | 1 |
Image width | 2,417 px |
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Bits per component | 8 |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:30, 30 April 2013 |
Date metadata was last modified | 13:30, 30 April 2013 |