File:PUBLIC-6D9937 Roman nail cleaner (FindID 641612).jpg

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PUBLIC-6D9937 Roman nail cleaner
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All rights reserved, David Roberts, 2014-10-09 20:03:31
Title
PUBLIC-6D9937 Roman nail cleaner
Description
English: A complete copper-alloy nail-cleaner of Early Roman date.

The flat-sectioned body is 'leaf-shaped', the bowed upper half tapering into the straight-sided lower half, which terminates in a pair of forked points. On both surfaces of the body, a perimeter groove extends parallel to each side, beginning halfway down the wider upper portion. The loop, which is broken, is set at a right angle to the top of the body.

Length: 47.86mm; width: 9.58mm; thickness: 0.95mm; weight: 1.80g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 43 and 200
Accession number
FindID: 641612
Old ref: PUBLIC-6D9937
Filename: PUBLIC-6D9937 Roman nail cleaner.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/487587
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/487587/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/641612
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