About this object
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ID:
GHL89[727]<17>
Production date:
Roman; 270-350
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Location:
In Store
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An iron flesh hook. Square-sectioned rod with spiral twist for part of its length. The double-pronged head is formed of two U-shaped lengths of iron affixed to the rod, each forming a short hook on each side and then a longer, curving hook extending outwards at right angles to the rod. One of the upper hooks is now missing and its place has been taken by a curving prong of iron formed from the end of the main rod. Presumably this central prong would have originally extended as a vertical hook from the top of the rod. < ...Read more
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Measurements
L (surviving) 190 mm
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Materials
iron
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Last Updated
2023-05-11
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