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NAIL CLEANER

Unique ID: SF-8DB3A2

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete copper-alloy probable Roman nail cleaner. Measuring 25.4mm in surviving length and 6.3mm in width at its widest point, both terminals are incomplete due to old breaks, now worn. This probable nail cleaner is flat and has an incomplete circular suspension loop on the same plane as the shaft, this loop measures 6.3mm in external diameter and 3.5mm in internal diameter. The shaft is then waisted before flaring into sloping shoulders. It tapers towards its missing terminal.

Nail cleaners which are flat with loops on the same plane as their shafts have been found at Colchester and dated to the mid to late 1st century in date (Crummy 1983, 57-58, fig 62, no 1869), it is likely that this probable nail cleaner is of a similar date.

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 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.4 mm
Width: 6.3 mm
Weight: 0.93 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finders reference: 19

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Ixworth

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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	57-58, fig 62, no 1869

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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