Record ID: LEIC-50AD78
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Razor handle, length 34mm, width 30mm, thickness 5mm, weight 24.63grams. The object is largely L shaped in form and rectangular in cross section. It has a curved upper end which is in the form of a birds head, probably a griffin, and is decorated on both sides, with incised lines representing feathers, eye etc. and has a protruding hooked beak and a crest on the top of its head. The extent of the head is marked by a deep curving incised line and behind this section the object continues to curve and is decorated with further incised lines, representing the neck feath…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-3F44F6
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman or Early Medieval copper alloy razor handle, 28mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.75 grams. The object consists of a three dimensional feline (Panther?) animal head, 5mm wide, with almond shaped eyes. This emerges from a flat plate which has a curving sub-triangular form, suggesting a neck. The lower straight edge contains a raised collar below which sit the remains of an iron blade tang, set into one side of the lower edge. The artefact is similar to an example recorded at Spong Hill (cremation C1672) said to be a survival of …
Created on: Friday 6th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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