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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: BH-610D11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy nail-cleaner of Roman date.
The lower part of the artefact survives, the remainder having been lost in antiquity. The body is of thin, flat section, the slightly concave sides converging towards the forked points. A perimeter groove can be seen on both sides of the nail-cleaner. The object measures 23.7mm long, up to 7.6mm wide, 1mm thick and weighs 0.7g.
This fragment is part of the common 'Baldock' type of nail-cleaner, examples of which have been found in 1st and 2nd century excavated contexts (Crummy 2003: 3-4).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.7 mm
Width: 7.6 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 0.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 12/22 - 3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Melbourn
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crummy, N. | 2001 | Nail-cleaners:Regionality at the clean edge of Empire | Roman Finds Group Newsletter |
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