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KENT-9D23E8: Tweezers
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Kent County Council, Jen Jackson, 2011-12-15 11:00:35
Title
KENT-9D23E8: Tweezers
Description
English: A complete pair of copper-alloy tweezers dating to the Roman or early Anglo-Saxon period. The object consists of a length of rectangular-sectioned copper alloy, max.1.6mm thick. At the center is the loop 5.2mm wide. The tweezers have expanding arms (4.4mm near loop, 6.2 at nib) and in-turned nibs. One arms has been turn outwards. All surfaces are undecorated.

The tweezers are 56.6mm long and weigh 5.4 grams.

Cf. Crummy 1983 p.59 no.1881.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 43 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 477871
Old ref: KENT-9D23E8
Filename: KENT-9D23E8.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/360790
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/360790/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/477871
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