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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: BH-1C0F18
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy nail cleaner of moulded neck and shouldered blade (Group) dating to the Roman period. The nail cleaner possesses a flat, circular head with a circular perforation which is positioned off-centre. The head extends to an oval-section stem which is horizontally ribbed with a series of beaded mouldings. The stem flattens to form a flat, leaf-shaped blade with a phallic terminal. On both the upper and lower surfaces, the blade has an incised groove accentuating the phallic nature of the terminal. The nail cleaner measures 45mm in length, a maximum of 6mm in width and 3mm in thickness.
Class:
moulded neck and shouldered blade (Group)
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 121, fig. 59
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: 45 mm
Width: 6 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 23rd April 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Kingsey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7306
Four figure Latitude: 51.74795109
Four figure longitude: -0.94399026
1:25K map: SP7306
1:10K map: SP70NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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