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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: LANCUM-65B73C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy late Roman leaf-shaped nail-cleaner with varying decoration. The object takes the form of a truncated lozenge and has a flat rectangular cross-section, with rounded edges. The nail cleaner has a broken trapezoidal attachment and the terminal is squared off with a small V-shaped removal within a longer longitudinal groove on the upper surface. This gives the strap-end a slight fork or bifid end. Though the prongs of the fork may be too short to be effectual, it is clearly reminiscent of a nail cleaner. Toilet instruments of this type, usually associated with full Chatelaine sets, are dateable to the wider Roman period only (250- 410 AD). The object is decorated on one face with a triangle and conjoined ring and dot.
There is some similarity to nail- cleaner strap- end types as illustrated in Eckardt, H & Crummy, N, 2006 'Roman' or 'Native' Bodies in Britain: The Evidence of Late Roman Nail-Cleaner Strap-Ends, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 25 (1) p 83 - 103 which are usually dated to the 4th century AD.
The length is 58mm, the width is 13mm and the weight 4.97g.
Class:
Leaf-shaped nail-cleaner with varying decoration (Group)
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 127, fig. 67
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 58 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 4.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th April 2015 - Tuesday 14th April 2015
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
Parish or ward: Northleach with Eastington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1114
Four figure Latitude: 51.82451461
Four figure longitude: -1.84180013
1:25K map: SP1114
1:10K map: SP11SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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