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NAIL CLEANER

Unique ID: BUC-9F4DC6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A complete Roman copper alloy Baldock type nail cleaner dating from c.43 - 200 AD. The cleaner is leaf shape, and flat. The terminal end of the cleaner is shaped into two rounded prongs, these are worn and the central notch is slightly off centre. There is an incised line running around the edge of the cleaner on both sides. At the attachment end is a sub triangular shaped loop, pierced with a circular hole in the centre. The corners are rounded, and the attachment sits at 90 degrees to the nail cleaner. The nail cleaner has a dark green patina, and measures 45.8mm in length, 8.6mm in width, and 0.8mm in thickness. It weighs 1.38g.

Similar nail cleaners can be seen in Eckardt and Crummy 2008, page 119 figure 58, and Crummy 1983, page 58, number 1874.

Class: Baldock Type
Sub class: Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N. 2008, 119, fig. 58

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: Exactly AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45.8 mm
Width: 8.6 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 1.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 18th August 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4864

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Haversham-cum-Little Linford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8344
Four figure Latitude: 52.0881365
Four figure longitude: -0.79002528
1:25K map: SP8344
1:10K map: SP84SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd	page 58,	number 1874.
Eckardt, H. and Crummy, N.	2007	Styling the Body in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain			page 119	figure 21

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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