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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: NMS-91E749
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete bent Roman copper-alloy nail cleaner, parallel sided cut sheet with broken oval perforated end for suspension and grooved bifurcated terminal. Extant length (length) 70mm. Width 3.5mm, of perforated end 6mm. 1.5mm thick. See more elaborate examples in Crummy (1983) fig.62. c.43- c.200.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th July 2016 - Monday 12th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28645
Other reference: KLMD092016
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Shouldham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6908
Four figure Latitude: 52.6434155
Four figure longitude: 0.49640939
1:25K map: TF6908
1:10K map: TF60NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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