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Razor of bronze

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From Adabrock, Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Razor of bronze
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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.

Crescentic flat bronze blade from Adabrock, Lewis

Bronze razors were used as prestige shaving gear from the 2nd millennium BC onwards.

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