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Fragment of Roman nail cleaner
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-08-24 13:00:41
Title
Fragment of Roman nail cleaner
Description
English: Fragment of copper alloy Roman nail cleaner of Crummy type 3. This object represents the truncated top portion of the nail cleaner. It is now roughly semicircular in plan and flat in section. It would once have been leaf shaped in plan, but has been broken with an even, horizontal break approximately halfway along its length. Extending from the curved end is an integral, transverse loop set on a fairly long neck, and pierced with a circular hole. When complete, the leaf shaped body of the nail cleaner would have tapered into a rectangular shaft. The object has a surviving length of 25.9mm, of which 11.12mm is the loop. It is 12.02mm wide, 0.96mm thick and weighs 1.29g. It has an even dark green patina with slight yellow mottling. The break edge is worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. A very similar, complete, parallel can be seen in See Crummy 1983, Figure 62, number 1874. This would give it a date from the mid to late 3rd century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 250 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 85149
Old ref: ESS-BA8D37
Filename: DSCN1438.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/34382
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/34382/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/85149
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