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NAIL CLEANER
Unique ID: LVPL-4CB407
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy pendent Roman nail cleaner of leaf shape, similar to BERK-13027B
The object is vaguely foliate or zoomorphic, resembling a flattened laterally bisymmetrical birds head. Two indented circular depressions in the objects upper part reinforce this impression. The stem leading to the loop has multiple laterally compressed bulges, giving a composite visual outline.
Width of hoop:- 8.2mm, internal diameter 4mm, width of stem 5.6, narrow end of leaf 3mm.
Class: Moulded neck
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.9 mm
Width: 11.2 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th January 2019 - Saturday 8th December 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Londesborough
References cited
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