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Roman copper alloy tweezers
Pair of tweezers with straight rectangular-sectioned arms which curve only at the tips. Probably domestic in function as medical forceps were usually much longer than the tweezers used for hair removal and other cosmetic purposes. See Milne 1907. Condition: complete.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.22H/2.66
Find Information
Site Name: Segontium, Caernarfon
Grid Reference: SH 485 624
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1976
Notes: Context, Code: 2, Feature type: topsoil, Date of context: phase U/S unstratified
Acquisition
Donation, 31/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:49
width / mm:5 (max.)
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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