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Roman Tweezers.
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Leicestershire County Council, Theresa Oswin, 2014-06-17 10:29:27
Title
Roman Tweezers.
Description
English: A pair of Roman, copper-alloy tweezers with satiire panel.The top of the loop is decorated with a moulded ridge which is splayed at the ends.The top of the blades just below the loop are decorated with an incised transverse groove, a flat section, a transverse ridgeand another incised transverse groove.Below this there is an incised asymetrical cross with three punch marks in the top and bottom angles and one punch mark in the right and left angles, there is a further incised transverse groove below the cross.The rest of the blade is plain and smooth and the nibs are turned inwards, one slightly more than the other.The blades are virtually parallel-sided. Length 55mm,width 5mm, Thickness 5mm at the loop,0.5mm thick on the plate, weight 3.58g. Similar to LIN-A47791
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 622698
Old ref: LEIC-007995
Filename: LEIC-007995.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/473028
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/473028
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/622698
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