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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: NLM5294
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Class:
moulded neck and shouldered blade (Group)
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 121, fig. 59
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.26 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM2502
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
To be known as: LINCOLNSHIRE BARKSTON
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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