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Razor of bronze

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From Adabrock, Lewis, Outer Hebrides

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000-100-034-630-C
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Razor of bronze

This bronze razor was found at Adabrock on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in a hoard of tools, weapons, vessel fragments and beads. The hoard was buried between 950 and 750 BC, almost certainly a gift to the gods.

The razor is of a type known as a bifid razor, having two blades, one on either side. It is notched and perforated which allowed the razor to be suspended, to show off this prestigious possession.

Bronze razors were used as prestige shaving gear from the second millennium BC onwards.


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Online ID: 000-100-034-630-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DQ 218
Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
Material: Bronze; crescentic; flat
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What: Blade
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Where: Scotland, Ross and Cromarty, Lewis, Adabrock
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Description: Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis
References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. p 127. 
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