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TWEEZERS

Unique ID: SF406

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Incomplete copper-alloy tweezers; tips of both blades missing; parallel-sided, no surface decoration.

Notes:

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Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Post AD 43
Date to: Ante AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Width: 5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 1999

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: CAMBRIDGESHIRE FORDHAM

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 24 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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