File:Nail Cleaner with Graffito from Roxby cum Risby - detail (FindID 434605).jpg

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Nail Cleaner with Graffito from Roxby cum Risby - detail
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North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, 2011-04-01 10:49:31
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Nail Cleaner with Graffito from Roxby cum Risby - detail
Description
English: Copper alloy

Nail Cleaner. Cast elongated oval plate with a sharp bifid end with points separated by a narrow gutter on one side. The other end bears a lug on either side; its end is lost. Incised curvilinear decoration at this latter end appears to represent - depending on the angle it is viewed from - a long-tailed bird; or a tree or frond with other motifs including cross-hatch and creatures with prominent eyes, perhaps fishes.

Suggested date: Roman, 40-400.

Length: 44.8mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 5.20gms.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Lincolnshire
Date between 40 and 400
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FindID: 434605
Old ref: NLM-72E927
Filename: NLM16590a.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/323039
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/323039/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434605
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