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Roman copper alloy dress hook
Very small dress hook with a tiny beaded tip on the hook, devised, probably, to reduce any tendency for the eye to become disengaged
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.79H/5.149
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978-1979
Notes: from the site of the frigidarium at the baths. Upper drain u/s
Acquisition
Donation, 6/8/1981
Measurements
length / mm:12.0 (bar)
width / mm:9.5 (across hook)
thickness / mm:1.0 (hook)
Material
copper alloy
Location
Caerleon: Case 14 Jewellery
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