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RAZOR
Unique ID: NLM-63B473
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy possible razor fragment. Cast end of a small blade of probably lunate form, thickest [c.2mm] on its upper side and thinner [c.1.5mm] at the putative cutting edge, though a clear V section is not discerned. Abraded. Suggested date: possibly Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100 BC - AD 100.
Length: 32.7mm, Width: 12.1mm, Thickness: 2.3mm, Weight: 3.71gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.7 mm
Width: 12.1 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 3.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM33948
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Legbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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