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Description: | Cast copper alloy framed zoomorphic razor handle in the form of a griffin's head. The neck of the griffin is broken just before it would have split into two to clasp a wide flat iron blade. The face of the griffin is very worn, however there appears to be a patch of dark coloured enamel where the eye would have been. Razors such as this example would have been used to shave the beard, and known examples from Britain have been studied by Boon (1991). There are various forms of razor handles, and the earliest show celtic influence, such as the celtic ox-headed handle from Heppenhein near worms (for ref. see: Boon, p28, footnote #52). British examples include one from Caerleon and one from the bathhouse at Canterbury (Frere 1983). The closest example to the Lissington razor was found at Narona, Dalmatia, and is now in the Ashmolean Museum (Boon, p25, fig. 3g). The tradition of shaving the beard was perhaps limited to specific periods during the Roman empire, as can be seen on the portraits of emperors on coinage, and so it may be that the dating of these razors should be understood to respect that fashion. Another example from lincolnshire was found at Blankney, and is recorded as LIN-0BB0D4 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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