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TWEEZERS

Unique ID: SF-190A75

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

a complete pair of cast copper alloy tweezers, with an estimated length of 64mm in length. The tweezers are distorted, with both arms bent. Both arms flare from the loop to the terminals (from 5.3mm to 8.82mm wide) where they bend inwards at a 45 degree angle.
Each arm is decorated just below the loop with a panel of five transverse grooves, and there is another panel of similar decoration at 11.25mm below the first, again on each arm. Both arms have worn surfaces, and there is no trace of any further decoration.
The tweezers are similar to another pair from Yaxley, SF-592E71, and are likely to be early Anglo-Saxon in date by association. Tweezers of this type are likely to be of Roman origin, but continue into the seventh centruy. Other similar examples are illustrated in MacGregor and Bolick, 1993, p220-225

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 400
Date to: Circa AD 720

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 8.82 mm
Weight: 6.76 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2006

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	p 220-225

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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