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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 splits into two to clasp a wide flat iron blade. There are still remains of the iron blade between the shaft, and the width of the blade is 4mm at the break. There appears to be one possible iron rivet at the upper end of the neck securing the blade, however on other examples this rivet is normally positioned further down the shaft, in an area that is now missing on this example, hence the possible rivet here may just be localised corrosion. 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 Blankney 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. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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