File:NARC-CF3FD4, Nail Cleaner, Roman (FindID 1009360).jpg

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NARC-CF3FD4 : Nail Cleaner : Roman
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Eleanore Cox, 2020-08-19 10:43:24
Title
NARC-CF3FD4 : Nail Cleaner : Roman
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy nail-cleaner of Roman date (AD 200-410). At the top, the attachment loop is incomplete and below is the rectangular-sectioned handle which has transverse grooves.  The object is composed of a leaf shaped body with a tapered lower end with central bifurcation, the left hand projection is partially missing due to an old abraded break. From the upper portion of the main body of the object is an expanded rectangular collar which narrows to a shaft which terminates in a small rectangular transverse collar, above which are short projecting spurs which would have formed an attachment loop.

The front of the object is decorated with repeating incised traverse grooves running the length of the shaft, terminating at the collars. The leaf shaped body is decorated with a punched pattern composed of two dots, above a central ring and dot, below which are two further dots. These run longitudinally along the centre of the body. Below this the tapered end has three incised diagonal lines on either side, above the bifurcated end.

The reverse is flat and undecorated. The punched ring-and-dot decoration suggests a Late Roman date and civilian or possible military association.

Length: 50.72mm, Width: 8.96mm, Thickness: 3.15mm, Weight: 4.5g

The metal is light green in colour with a smooth uncorroded patina.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 200 and 410
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1009360
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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/1112508
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1112508/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1009360
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 02′ 16.8″ N, 0° 56′ 24.56″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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