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Early Medieval tweezers
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West Berkshire, Kate Sutton, 2005-09-29 10:25:21
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Early Medieval tweezers
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English: An Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) copper alloy arm from a pair of tweezers (5th-6th century). The arm has been made from copper alloy sheet that flares to a width of 13.67mm, before the end curves in at approximately 90 degrees. It has broken across the loop and the shape has been distorted through damage. The front surface is decorated with two incised lines, one running down each side forming a border. There are six punched ring and dot motifs running vertical down the centre. The last ring and dot also forms the central one in a line of three running horizontal along the end. Mid-green patina.

A very similar pair of tweezers were found at Shakenoak, now in the Ashmolean. The decoration is the same but this arm is slightly larger (MacGregor amd Bolick 1993: 221-224)

Dimensions: length 48.31mm; width 2.89mm expanding to 13.67mm; thickness 1.63mm; weight 2.10g.

Reference: MacGregor, A and Bolick, E. A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non ferrous metals). Ashmolean Museum Oxford. British Archaeological Reports 230. Oxford
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 400 and 700
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FindID: 106382
Old ref: BERK-01B6D7
Filename: Janes - tweezers - complete.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/77033
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/77033/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/106382
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