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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
64.474/2.1
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1964 / Sep - Oct
Notes: from an emergency excavation at the junction of Museum Street and Backhall Street
Acquisition
Collected officially, 27/10/1964
Measurements
length / mm:11.0 (bar)
width / mm:6.0 (bar)
thickness / mm:1.5 (bar)
Material
copper alloy
Location
Caerleon: Case 14 Jewellery
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