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Lin-696948: Roman nail cleaner
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Simon Collins, 2020-06-06 13:47:16
Title
Lin-696948: Roman nail cleaner
Description
English: An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy Roman nail-cleaner strap-end with crescent-shaped lugs and incised decoration at the shaft

Below the rounded attachment loop which  is ornamented with small notches along the perimeter on the front face, the handle  has a collar framed by transverse grooves,  framed by transverse grooves, and consisting of a pair saltires, comprising rectilinear, transverse rounded raised forms with a central transverse groove. The reverse is flat and undecorated.

The blade is undecorated with gently sloping shoulders and a leaf-shaped body that slightly tapers to a broken end.

Surviving length: 40.85 mm; Width: 11.41 mm; Thickness: 1.76 mm (broad body) and 6.75 mm (loop); Weight: 4.18g

Broad parallels recorded on the PAS database include SF-130B20 and BERK-735556, albeit these examples carry enamelling or recesses for enamel. 
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 250 and 410
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FindIdentifier: 995173
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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/1106270
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1106270/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/995173
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 12 November 2020)
Object location53° 25′ 16.68″ N, 0° 16′ 35.52″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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