Tools and EquipmentByzantine5th-7th century
Fragmentary Tweezers
5th-7th century
Dimensions
Each element: 6.5 x 1.4 cm (2 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Brought from Sardis; by Frederick Marquand Godwin, New York, (by 1914), by descent; to his wife Dorothy W. Godwin, New York (1914-1964), gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1964. Note: Frederick M. Godwin was the photographer for the excavations at Sardis with Howard Crosby Butler in 1913 and 1914.
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