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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: WAW-EBEDF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper alloy nail cleaner with folded top, of Roman date (1st to 4th Centuries AD).
A complete, but slightly bent, cast copper alloy cleaner, similar to Crummy's type 1a (Crummy, 1983, p57). It consists of a narrow plain, straight-sided strip of copper alloy, with a bifurcated tip and a wrapped suspension loop. Traces of gilding survive towards the top of the nail cleaner.
The suspension loop is unusual compared to other nail cleaners as it consists of the rectangular top of the nail cleaner wrapped around what appears to be a cyclindrial copper alloy hollow spacer, currently filled with soil. The top of the nail cleaner has a slot cut into it.
The nail cleaner measures 40.19mm in length, 3.88mm in width, and 16.13mm high. It weighs 1.2 grams.
Class:
nail-cleaner with folded top
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 129, fig. 69
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.19 mm
Height: 16.13 mm
Width: 3.88 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 003
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crummy, N. | 1983 | Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 | Colchester | Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd | 57 | 1869 |
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