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roman carpenters bench nails set of 6 house of the vettii pompeii

a set of 6 hand forged steel bench nails, nominally 40-70mm long with triangulate construction
based on the depiction of Icarus at his work bench in the Ixion room, House of the Vettii, pompeii
used to secure a wooden workpiece for further working, technically a type of bench dog
the main picture shows the nails insitu securing the workpiece
made in sheffield england by daegrad tools