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TWEEZERS
Unique ID: BH-21036B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy set of tweezers, dating from the Roman period.
The now-distorted tweezers have been made from a parallel-sided strip of copper-alloy, folded double to create an apex loop. A column of punchmarks extends down the centre of each arm, beginning at the base of the loop and terminating one third of the way up from the damaged ends. Each of these punchmarks is oval and has four incuse segments.
Length: 48.5mm; width: 5.7mm. Weight: 3.48g.
A similar set of tweezers was found in excavations at Baldock, Hertfordshire (Stead and Rigby 1986: 130/fig. 57, no. 312).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.5 mm
Width: 5.7 mm
Weight: 3.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/1 - 56
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Little Hadham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stead, I.M. and Rigby, V. | 1986 | Baldock: The Excavation of a Roman and Pre-Roman Settlement, 1968-72 | London | Britannia Monograph Series No. 7 |
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