| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | Razor |
| 302 554 782 764 |
| Class II |
| Object Number | ABDUA:19688 |
| Other Number | A248; TULO1 |
| Other Number Type | Old number; Collection no |
| Period | MBA |
| Brief Description | Bronze razor with tang. Decoration on midribs - hatched lozenge pattern (engraved). Found with clay urn and burnt bones in short stone cist. |
| Dimensions | L, 93 mm W, 32 mm Th, 2 mm |
| Materials | Metal, copper alloy, bronze |
| Condition | Good |
| Completeness | Complete |
| Technique | Cast |
| Object Production Date | 1800 BC-1200 BC |
| Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East, Tullochvenus Tough Aberdeenshire |
| Publication Note | LEMUR Database |
| Reid R W (1912) Illustrated Catalogue of the Anthropological Museum University of Aberdeen p18 (illustrated p19)Coles J M 1963 Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork PSAS 97 86 6PSAS (1860-2) IV 384Statistical Account of Scotland - Aberdeenshire (1845) p613MS Catalogue 'Anthropological Museum Kings College (ms U683)Piggott C M (1946) in PROC PREHIST SOC vXII p121 file |
| Caption | "Bronze 'razor' from cremation, Tullochvenus, Tough (1800-1000BC)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Bronze razors date from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1100BC onwards. The earlier types are leaf-shaped with a tang, the later types have straighter blades and a pronounced cleft at the tip. They are always found with burials, in one case in association with shaved hairs. This razor is leaf-shaped with two curving blades and a central flat rib, which is very finely engraved on both faces with cross-hatched lozenges. There is a handle or tang. The razor was found in a burial cairn at Tullochvenus, Aberdeenshire, with an urn and cremated human bone remains. It is a complete and well-preserved example and its association with an urn dates it to the Middle Bronze Age. Although the bones are burned, the razor was not, so was put into the grave after the cremation."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
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| Aquisition Source | McAldowie, A M Dr |
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