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Description: | Late Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age Halstatt copper alloy razor.The razor is crescet shaped and thicker along the back edge, tapering to a sharp cuting edge. The cutting edge is pitted through corrosion but otherwise damage is minimal. Two small circular holes (4.04mm diameter) at either end of the back of the razor are presumably for attaching the blade to some kind of handle.A good parallel for this object can be seen among the metal finds from Potterne in Wiltshire (Lawson, 2000, 188-9). This razor, with a convex cutting edge, two perforations and tapering cross section, is described as 'of an unparalleled type', although possibly 'related to those Halstatt C razors, with twin loops and single straight or convex blades' (ibid, 189).The razor measures 61.86mm long, 21.95mm wide and up to 2.95mm thick at the back edge. It weighs 14.31g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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