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Don't ask me, but has anyone read this?
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/ab ... 06.00250.x
`ROMAN' OR `NATIVE' BODIES IN BRITAIN: THE EVIDENCE OF LATE ROMAN NAIL-CLEANER STRAP-ENDS
ECKARDT, H. CRUMMY, N.
OXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY
2006, VOL 25; NUMBER 1, pages 83-103
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I saw Dr. Eckardt present this paper a few years ago at the Roman Archaeology Conference. The article, and their argument, have more to do with the regionality of a certain type of "strap-ends" that are slightly forked at the end. The authors make a leap to say that is is possible that strap ends of this form may be related to nail cleaners, as they are similar in shape, but not in attachment type. They don't really emphasize or insist on the idea that much, though--they're mostly interested in this article, as I said, in the regional distribution and the questions of identity that come up with their use and distribution.
Their argument about the possible overlap in function of these strap-ends with nail-cleaners is more thoroughly dealt with in their 2003 article "Regional identities and technologies of the self: nail-cleaners in Roman Britain" The Archaeological Journal 160: 44-69. But, IMHO, it's not as convincing an idea as that of this style of strap-end being exclusively British.
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Interesting...By the way...How did Romans cut thier nails? Or did they cut them at all? Or use an emory board or nailfile or something?
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Nail cleaners!!
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Vade retro, Satan!! :evil:
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Quote:Nail cleaners!! hock: hock:
Vade retro, Satan!! :evil:
What would be so bad about that, Aitor?
I thought there were no sacred cows in this field? :wink:
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No sacred cows indeed, Jim :wink:
The problem is that they could have said, for instance, that the pugio was an over-sized tooth-pick! Who could deny that the pugio could be used secondarily as a tooth-pick ? :twisted:
We ignore more than we know about many aspects of Roman life but I don't think that trying to fill them with pure speculation is the most constructive way of working! :roll:
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Quote:Interesting...By the way...How did Romans cut thier nails? Or did they cut them at all? Or use an emory board or nailfile or something?
I would assume with scissors, or a sharp knife.
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"Who could deny that the pugio could be used secondarily as a tooth-pick ? "
I would. 8)
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