File:An incomplete Roman nail cleaner. (FindID 840537).jpg

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An incomplete Roman nail cleaner.
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Nadia Messina, 2017-04-19 09:26:19
Title
An incomplete Roman nail cleaner.
Description
English: An incomplete Roman copper alloy nail cleaner dating to c AD 43-150. The nail cleaner comprises a circular suspension loop (c 7.14mm in diameter), about half missing, pierced with a circular hole (c 3.12mm in diameter). The suspension loop is joined to the almost circular, flat, leaf-shaped body of the nail cleaner by a short neck (c 4mm in length), oval in cross section (3.58mm x 2.40mm) which narrows as it meets the body. Below this is a flat stem (13.25mm in length, 3.18mm in width) which ends in a bifurcate terminal, also now broken such that only one prong remains. The item is undecorated. 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 p 58 no 1874 (although the loop of 1874 is at right angles to the body). It is similar to WILT - 1356D5.

It is 38.04mm in length, 16.43mm in width at its widest (diameter of body), and weighs 1.56g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 43 and 150
Accession number
FindID: 840537
Old ref: WILT-21AA41
Filename: WILT21AA41.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/611594
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/611594/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/840537
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 22 November 2020)
Object location50° 55′ 29.28″ N, 2° 37′ 24.38″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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