Record ID: SF-442A35
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. It is missing most of hte plate and attachment end due to old breaks. The surviving fragment comprises the flat base of the plate and projecting bifuricated terminal end, which is rectangular in form with a slight central groove at its tip. No traces of decoration survive and the precise form of the plate is uncertain due to old breaks. It measures 26.92mm in length, 9.19mm in width, 0.97mm in thickness and 0.64g in weight. This is an incomplete copper-alloy nail cleaner of Roman date, c.43-410 AD.
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cavenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-752A17
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. It has a worn green patina and has been bent forwards at an angle of 90 degrees due to post-depositional damage. The blade is flat, leaf-shaped in form with an elongated terminal that has a bifuricated tip. On the front face of the blade at the tip end there is a cnetral incised groove. At the top of the blade is a constricted collar with slight moulding on the front face, above which extends the suspension loop. This is flat, oval shaped in form, in line with the plane of the blade and with a central circular aperture that shows signs o…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-751492
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy nail cleaner of Roman date. It is heavily corroded and missing the top of the suspension loop due to old breaks. The blade is flat, leaf-shaped in form with an elongated terminal that has a bifuricated tip. At the top of the blade is a moulded collar comprising double transverse ridges separated by a slight constriction, above which extends the incomplete suspension loop. This is flat, in line with the plane of the blade and with the remains of a central circular aperture. The entire object has a worn green patina that has signs of corrosive copper-allo…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.