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Description: | Fragment from a folding razor or knife dating from the later Roman period (200- c. 400 AD). Although fragmentary this form of knife usually depicts in openwork a hound biting the rump of a hare. This fragment comes from the terminal before the openwork and comprises part of the iron razor blade and the point of pivot. The fragment is broadly U shaped in section and sub-rectangular in plan. It is decorated with a series of cast transverse bars on both sides. A small part of cast openwork is present; this is infilled with iron corrosion from the remnants of the iron blade. The fragment is a mid light green colour with a dusty patina. The iron has corroded and the blade fragments are encrusted with orange coloured corrosion / rust. A number of similar razors can be seen on the PAS website for example a complete razor from Great Cressingham, Norfolk (NMS-606F33 / http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/461105). Published examples of this standard late Roman type, can be seen in Gregory, T., Thetford Fison Way (1992), 131-2, fig. 117, no. 19. This example is dated to the 3rd - 4th century.The fragment measures: 20.9mm length, 19.5mm width is 5.6mm thick and weighs 4.43 grams | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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