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RAZOR
Unique ID: SF-6E2C31
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy object, probably a razor of Bronze Age date. It is missing the tang due to old breaks, and has post-depositional damage to both blades, but is otherwise complete. It is leaf-shaped (pointed oval) in form, tapering towards the tip, and with a flattened pointed-oval shaped cross section. Both faces of the object have slight mid ribs that run from tang to tip. At the tang end are the remains of a rectangular tang that is now mostly incomplete due to old breaks. Both faces have a dark green patina that is pitted in places and with some copper-alloy corrosion. It measures 63.95mm in length, 33.83mm in width, 2.86mm in thickness, and 18.15g in weight.
This is a copper-alloy object of probable Bronze Age date. It finds its closest parallels in a number of leaf shaped razors recorded through the PAS (e.g. LEIC-081BB1, CAM-DDC845, YOYRM-4525A3, NARC-E52F71, HAMP-E0D391 or WAW-878535) as well as in published examples (e.g. O'Connor, 1980: p. 91, Fig. 32.10). These suggest a potential Middle to Late Bronze Age date for the current example, perhaps c.1600-800 BC, if not slightly earlier or later.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 801 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.95 mm
Width: 33.83 mm
Thickness: 2.86 mm
Weight: 18.15 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Bradfield St. Clare
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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