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Description: | A cast copper alloy incomplete razor handle dating to the Roman period. The terminal is zoomorphic in form, probably depicting a griffin, and at its base has an incomplete split attachment end where the now missing iron blade would originally have been inserted. At the top of the terminal is an elongated and curving neck with a triangular beak that points downwards and small semi-circular projection at the crest of the head. Each face of the object has worn incised decoration comprising of double transverse grooves towards the base of the neck, punched dots for the eyes, and faintly incised grooves that appear to outline the beak and crest.Beneath the head the back of the neck curves downwards at an angle of approximately 45 degrees towards the back/outer edge of the split attachment end. One half of the split attachment is missing. At one side of the attachment end a sub-rectangular projection curves downwards. This projection is also split. At the top of the split attachment is an incomplete circular rivet hole. Similar examples of griffin headed razor terminals have been recorded through the PAS such as Brown,A (2011) SF-ED28B4 A ROMAN RAZOR Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/439524. Boon cites a similar example from Narona, Dalmatia now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Boon suggests that razors of this type were most likely to be used for trimming beards. A suggested date for the current example in the 3rd to 4th centuries AD.
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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