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Roman razor with dolphin-shaped handle

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This type of razor with a dolphin-shaped handle was fairly common in the Roman Empire.

They are found from Pompeii to Gaul over a period from the beginning of the 1st century to the 3rd century.

Attestations:

1 Arles, Esplanade des Lices [13] (FR), Musée départemental Arles antique (info M. Feugère)
2 Augst [BL] (CH), Römermuseum, inv. 62.1243, L. 71 mm, W. 21 mm, th. 8 mm, Ins. 30, FK 1395, 2nd c., dated by pottery + coin of Trajan (Riha 1986, 29, Taf. 10, no. 80)
3 Barnby in the Willows [Notts.] (UK), L. 53 mm, PAS: DENO-5A38C1, link
4 Köln [NW] (DE), barber's grave, impression of a double-sided comb on the blade (Derks, Vos 2010, fig. 8)
5 Lyon, rue des Farges [69] (FR), Musée Gallo-Romain de Fourvière, excavations A. Desbat, F6, baths, 180/220 (Vigier 2012, pl. 53, no. 154; Vigier 2018, cat. 3993; info M. Feugère)
6-8 München* [BY] (DE), inv. Nr. 1972/282, surviving L. 65 mm; inv. Nr. 1972/283, surviving L. 83 mm; inv. Nr. A98-174, surviving L. 63 mm, link (3 examples)
9 Virton, Château Renaud [Lux.] (BE) (Massart 2021, 251 fig. 98)
10 Zaltbommel (NL), private coll., L. 61 mm, W. 15 mm, th. 8 mm, 18.77 g, PAN-00005710, link
11 Zaltbommel (NL), private coll., L. 65 mm, W. 19 mm, PAN-00066704, link

 

Materials
Bronze Acier XC75
Periods
Antiquity

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