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A pair of copper-alloy straight-sided tweezers dating to the Roman period. The tweezers possess an integral suspension loop. The blades are parallel-sided and curve in at their ends to form pincers. A ring formed from sheet copper-alloy grips the blades about half way down their length. The tweezers measure 60mm in length and 4mm in width. A similar pair of tweezers (No. 1876) from Colchester is illustrated in Crummy 1983, 59.
Straight-sided tweezers appear to be more common on northern and military sites than flared tweezers (Eckardt and Crummy 2008, 148). It has been suggested that some tweezers with sliding loops may be medical instruments used as forceps with the sliding loop used to keep the blades together when gripping (Eckardt and Crummy 2008, 158).
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SF 5033 - Seen 1.5.18
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Quantity: 1
Length: 60 mm
Width: 4 mm
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Other reference: Box 4, Bag 4
4 Figure: NZ2115
Four figure Latitude: 54.52984883
Four figure longitude: -1.67701825
1:25K map: NZ2115
1:10K map: NZ21NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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