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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: WILT-09C284
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Roman strap end nail-cleaner with transverse grooves on neck and shoulders (Group/Type) dating to the period c. AD 250 - 410. It measures 27.65mm in length, 8.28mm maximum width, 4.64mm minimum width, is 1.66mm thick and weighs 1.38g.
The nail cleaner exhibits an integral circular suspension loop with a circular perforation below which it narrows into the rectangular handle. The handle is incised on both sides with a series of horizontal grooves. The nail cleaner then widens into the shoulders and terminates in a horizontal break across the blade.
Class:
nail-cleaner with transverse grooves on neck and shoulders (Group/Type)
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 123, fig. 62
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 250
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.65 mm
Width: 8.28 mm
Thickness: 1.66 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4423
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Micheldever (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU5340
Four figure Latitude: 51.15680714
Four figure longitude: -1.24352702
1:25K map: SU5340
1:10K map: SU54SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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