NARC-5F1719: NARC-5F1719 : Nail Cleaner : Roman

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NAIL CLEANER

Unique ID: NARC-5F1719

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner with a swollen blade of Roman date (AD 50-150). The blade of the object is 'leaf' shaped, widening just below the shoulders then narrowing to the tip. The blade is flat, and slightly curved in profile. The neck and tip of cleaner narrow and terminate in old and abraded breaks. A small portion of the circular loop above the neck is retained oriented at a 90 degree to the blade.

The object is light green in colour with a slightly pitted and corroded patina.

Length: 35.93mm, Width: 8.60mm, Thickness: 1.29mm, Weight: 1.3g.

Crummy 1995, page 58, number 1872.

Class: swollen blade (Group)
Sub class: Eckardt and Crummy, 2008, 122, fig. 61

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.93 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Thickness: 1.29 mm
Weight: 1.3 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Titchmarsh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL0377
Four figure Latitude: 52.38135886
Four figure longitude: -0.48818007
1:25K map: TL0377
1:10K map: TL07NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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