NARC-A505B5: NARC-A505B5 : Nail Cleaner : Roman

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NAIL CLEANER

Unique ID: NARC-A505B5

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

An incomplete copper-alloy Nail Cleaner with a moulded neck of Roman date (AD 43-200). The blade is leaf shaped, with rounded shoulders and a tapering blade which terminates in an old abraded transverse break. The suspension loop is separated from the blade by a narrow collard neck with three moulded transverse grooves. The loop is circular with a central perforation and situated in the same plane as the blade.

Length: 35.83mm, Width: 17.64mm, Thickness: 3.61mm, Weight: 3.5g.

The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina.

Class: Nail cleaner with a moulded neck
Sub class: Eckardt and Crummy 2008, 121, fig. 59

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.83 mm
Width: 17.64 mm
Thickness: 3.61 mm
Weight: 3.5 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9383
Four figure Latitude: 52.43707111
Four figure longitude: -0.63338378
1:25K map: SP9383
1:10K map: SP98SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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: 5 years ago
Updated: 2 years ago

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