File:KENT-948213. Early medieval copper alloy tweezers. (FindID 153523).jpg

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KENT-948213. Early medieval copper alloy tweezers.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Andrew Richardson, 2007-05-23 15:35:32
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KENT-948213. Early medieval copper alloy tweezers.
Description
English: Anglo-Saxon copper alloy tweezers, folded from a thick copper alloy sheet. There is a well formed loop at the apex with a diameter of 3.96mm. The triangular arms taper out from the loop where they measure 3.29mm across and expand more rapidly aproximately half way down the length to the bottom where the width is 12.28mm. At the bottom, bith sides sharply in-curved to form the jaws. The tweezers are worn, with the incised decoration of two transverse lines with a cross below barely visible on the jaw end of the upper surface. The tweezers are bent at a third of the way down from the suspension loop. In their bent condition, the tweezers are 32.24mm long, however is stretched out the full length would be aproximately 44mm. The sheet copper alloy is 0.8mm thick. The patina is a patchy light to dark green. The tweezers are probably of 5th to 6th century date, however some examples survive into the 7th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 450 and 625
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FindID: 153523
Old ref: KENT-948213
Filename: PAK191-006.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/138985
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/138985/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/153523
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