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TWEEZERS
Unique ID: GLO-3A76E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy sheet tweezers length 57mm, width 8mm, thickness 9mm weight 5.07g. Sheet metal that has been bent double. The fold has been bent into an penannular loop, from this point the gap between each blade gently widens to the tips, which have bent inwards to meet and form the pincer. An incised groove runs parallel to each edge.
A very similar artefact was found in excavations in Colchester (see N. Crummy; 1983; pp. 59; no. 1883).
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 5.07 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st March 2012 - Saturday 31st March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 5176
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST6596
Four figure Latitude: 51.661684
Four figure longitude: -2.507407
1:25K map: ST6596
1:10K map: ST69NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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