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RAZOR
Unique ID: SUR-D8D06E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Bronze Age copper alloy razor in fair condition but now a little bent. Some surface patches are missing on both sides and the blade edges are a little ragged. The razor is oval with a short narrow tang. The tang tapers and gets wider towards the blade. The edge of the tang continues into the body of the razor and the two sides form the inner edges of the blade itself.
Peter Reavill comments:
This is a Piggott (1946) Class I double-edged razor - some of these are decorated along the mid rib and many are pierced through the tang. The date is later EBA - early MBA and they are often associated with burials. This example is similar to Piggott's cat. no.34 which is from Winterslow, Wilts (and associated with cinerary urn and amber buttons / hair ornaments - now in Ashmoleon Museum). I would expect it to date in the region of c1800 BC - c1400 BC.
Notes:
Teh razor as kindly donated by the finder to the Oxfordshire Museums Service
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1800 BC
Date to: Exactly 1400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 90.07 mm
Width: 30.57 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 16.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st June 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B15-852
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Bampton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3001
Four figure Latitude: 51.70694101
Four figure longitude: -1.56724498
1:25K map: SP3001
1:10K map: SP30SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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