Nail_cleaner_(FindID_792020).jpg
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nail cleaner | |||
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Photographer |
Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2016-06-25 16:19:52
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Title |
nail cleaner
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Description |
English:
Cast copper alloy Roman toiletry implement, with an oval spoon bowl at one end, probably an ear scoop or
ligula,
and a pointed bifid terminal at the other end, which might have been used as a nail cleaner . The toiletry implement is now bent into a V-shape but would have originally been straight. Roman toiletry implements often have multiple functions, with a tool at each end of the copper alloy rod.
Bailey (2008) illustrates a similar bronze probe with a bowl terminal on page 25, fig.C7.14, which is dated from the Roman period. Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar nail cleaner on page 58, fig.62, no.1869, which is dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD, and a toilet spoon on page 60, fig.64, no.1900. See <a href=" https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/507639 " title="View details for CORN-9C88B2">CORN-9C88B2</a> for a similar example that is dated from the Roman period. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Dorset | ||
Date | between 43 and 410 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 792020
Old ref: CORN-D183AE Filename: June16finds154.JPG |
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Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/572249
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/572249/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/792020 |
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Permission
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Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 14 November 2020) |
Object location |
50° 50′ 54.24″ N, 2° 26′ 22.02″ W
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