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Unique ID: DOR-452737
Object type certainty: Certain
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A sheet copper alloy nail cleaner with a high shoulder, but with a narrower shape (Group). At the top is a circular suspension loop pierced with a small, central circular hole. The suspension loop then joins the leaf-shaped body of the nail cleaner which tapers to a narrow straight sided leg with a bifurcate terminal with the two ends flaring slightly outwards. The front of the nail cleaner is decorated with a single incised line around the leaf-shaped body and a slightly off-centre longitudinal line extending from the lower part of the body to a third of the way along the leg. From the bifurcated end a wider and tapering groove extends along the centre of the lower part of the leg longitudinal through the centre of the body of the nail cleaner. The back is undecorated.
Date: Roman - c. AD 50 - 150
Dimensions: 47.20 mm x 8.84 mm x 1.46 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
The nail cleaner is probably Crummy Type 2a, Cf Crummy, N, 1983, Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester p58, fig 62, no 1872. Similar to PUBLIC-061C03 and LIN-EA24F9 on the database. Nail clearners have often been found as part of a group of toilet articles, usually including a tweezers and an ear-scoop
Class:
Nail-cleaners with a high shoulder (Group)
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 122, fig. 60;
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.2 mm
Width: 8.84 mm
Thickness: 1.46 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 3rd November 2017
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Other reference: SCMS 019444
4 Figure: SY5293
Four figure Latitude: 50.73461929
Four figure longitude: -2.68153238
1:25K map: SY5293
1:10K map: SY53NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Crummy, N. | 1983 | Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 | Colchester | Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd | 2a |