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Unique ID: LEIC-081BB1
Object type certainty: Certain
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A mid Bronze Age copper-alloy leaf-shaped razor. 93mm long, 27mmm wide and 3mm thick with a weight of 19.33grams.
The razor has a leaf-shaped (pointed oval) form with a projecting rectangular cross-sectioned tang at one end. The blade runs the length of each side and is intact at its upper pointed edge, but damaged along the sides. It has a pronounced angular mid rib visible on one face and just a hint of a rib on the other. The tang is bent round to form a hook like shape and is not pierced as in some cases. The nearest comparable example is WAW-878535, the object dates to 2,150-1,500 BC
See also Watson, P. 1993 no. 76, a razor metal detected in 1986 in Bewdley Worcestershire and now in Birmingham museum (1987.A218.)
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 93 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 19.33 g
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4 Figure: SP2901
Four figure Latitude: 51.70699339
Four figure longitude: -1.58171638
1:25K map: SP2901
1:10K map: SP20SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Watson, P. | 1993 | Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums | BAR British Series | 10 | 76 |