Record ID: DUR-352F41
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a set of copper-alloy tweezers, probably dating to the Roman or the early Medieval period. One arm and the loop have been broken and are now lost. The surviving arm is sub rectangular in plan, the sides gradually flaring towards the bottom, where the end has been bent inwards. At the narrowest end is most of a curved loop. The object is bent with some corrosion. The object is 3.7g in weight, measuring 69.2mm long, 7.95mm at the widest point and 1.18mm thick. See Crummy, N. (1983) Colchester Report 2: The Roman Small Finds, Colchester Archaeological Trust: 59: no.'s 1877 …
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012
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