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CAM-E261A3: Early medieval tweezers

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TWEEZERS

Unique ID: CAM-E261A3

Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete pair of copper alloy tweezers, with a form characteristic of the middle Saxon period. Each of the tweezer's arms is rectangular in section and flattens and flairs to form a triangular plate, the terminals of which are bent inwards. Both arms are decorated with marginal grooves and irregular lines of incised dots are also visible. The tweezers are in very good condition with very little evidence of corrosion or damage. The tweezers have a length of 44mm. Each arm has a maximum width of 13mm. Similar tweezers can be seen in MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, pp222-6, ref: 38.13-38.18.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Post AD 720
Date to: Ante AD 850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st December 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Shelford (Civil Parish)

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. 1993 A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Oxford Tempvs Reparatum 222-6 38.13-38.18.

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Recording Institution: CAM
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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