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RAZOR

Unique ID: HAMP3381

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast copper-alloy small razor/knife. Square-sectioned handle which tapers to a point at the broken end. The blade is narrow, flat and triangular, with the tip missing and the cutting edge slightly damaged. The under surface of the handle has two parallel horizontal lines. The other three surface of the handle have identical decoration which consists of two groups of two transverse incised grooves at each end, divided by a semi-circular notch at each edge. There are six curving or extended S-shaped motifs down the handle with corresponding oblique grooves on the edge. There are faint incised longitudinal lines running along both sides of the handle and the long side of the blade. At the end of the handle there is a tapered broken extension, which may be the remains of a loop for attachment. The blade is bent. Even, smooth green patina (missing over much of one side of the blade). L: 61 W: 4-9.5 L. blade: 24.5 Handle dims.: 4 x 4

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Winchester Museums Service
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 61 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Weight: 5.32 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001

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Other reference numbers

Museum accession number: WINCM:AY 208.1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Winchester Museums Service
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 21 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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