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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman razor handle. The handle is sub-triangular in plan and has an open attachment end, which is covered with iron corrosion and has the remains of an iron blade inside. The attachment end has a U-shaped aperture and one edge of the attachment end is truncated. The blade was secure with one rivet hole, which is completely covered with iron corrosion. The handle terminates with a flat upside down zoomorphic griffin head, which is bowed slightly downwards and bends at a right angle to the handle. The same design is on both sides of the handle and the base of the neck is defined by a transverse moulding. The neck is decorated with irregular crosshatched curving lines and the head has engraved horizontal lines. The ears ar3e forward pointing, the eyes are oval and the beak curves downward. The length of the handle is 44.5mm, the width is 35.3mm, the thickness at the attachment end is 5.7mm and at the terminal end is 3.9mm and the weight is 18.12g.Two similar examples have been found in Lincolnshire LIN-F3CA92 and LIN-0BB0D4 and another was found in Hampshire FASW-A3A4D7. It is believed that razors of this type were most likely to be used for trimming beards.
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