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TWEEZERS
Unique ID: SF-581305
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, worn and slightly bent pair of copper-alloy tweezers of Roman or Early Medieval date. Only one arm survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.
It is flat, triangular in form and flaring to a slightly expanded terminal that turns inwards at an angle of nearly 90 degrees. The front face is decorated with at least two sets of three transverse grooves. The back face is undecorated.
This arm measures 34.85mm in length, 7.05mm in width at the top, 3.51mm in width at the terminal, 1.36mm in thickness, 1.85g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (SF-1D26E1).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.85 mm
Width: 7.05 mm
Thickness: 1.36 mm
Weight: 1.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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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: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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