File:NARC-7224C7 , Nail Cleaner , Roman (FindID 858006).jpg

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NARC-7224C7 : Nail Cleaner : Roman
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Northamptonshire County Council, Eleanore Cox, 2017-07-25 11:51:12
Title
NARC-7224C7 : Nail Cleaner : Roman
Description
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An incomplete copper alloy nail cleaner of Roman date (AD 43-150). The object is composed of an elongated leaf-shaped blade culminating in a forked point. The suspension loop is missing due to an old and abraded break however the double collard shaft which would connect the loop to the blade is retained. The blade is flat in section with a plain undecorated back and a decorated face consisting of a repeating punched dot border around the blade and an engraved line leading up the blade from the centre of the forked tip.

The metal is a dark green in colour with a predominantly smooth patina.

Two very similar examples from excavations in Colchester are illustrated by Crummy (1983) on page 58, fig.62, nos.1872 & 1874 which are classified as her Type 2a, which all have leaf-shaped blades. Most nail cleaners of this type date from the mid to late 1st century AD with some probably continuing into the 2nd century (ibid., 58).

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Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 43 and 150
Accession number
FindID: 858006
Old ref: NARC-7224C7
Filename: NARC7224C7.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/623305
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/623305/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/858006
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Object location52° 28′ 21.36″ N, 0° 53′ 58.39″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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