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Roman hobnail (profile, profile)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Aimee Hinds, 2020-03-27 09:52:04
Title
Roman hobnail (profile, profile)
Description
English: A Roman iron hob nail dating to c.AD 43 - 410. The head of the nail is drop-shaped in plan and domed. It has an incomplete square shank, which is bent forming a J-shape in profile. The shank tapers to a blunt terminal.

The object has a well-developed dark brown patina. It measures 13.33mm in height, a maximum of 7.20mm wide across the head 2.22mm thick across the shank. It weighs 0.4g.

Hob nails were used in Roman footwear (caligulae). Similar hobnails and the pattern which were created with them are illustrated in Manning (1995), p.120-22.

Reference: Manning, W.H. (1995) Report on the Excavations at Usk 1965-1976: The Roman Small Finds. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 43 and 410
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FindIdentifier: 997683
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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/1097997
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1097997/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/997683
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location52° 12′ 08.28″ N, 1° 30′ 45.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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