Copper folded razor blade (thin and flat) with tang

Details

• Title

  Copper folded razor blade (thin and flat) with tang

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Kyrenia › Vasileia › Vasileia (tomb 1) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Early Bronze Age (Early Cypriot) Philia phase (c. 2500 - c. 2400/2300 BC)

• Material and technique

  copper, pure

• Object type

  toilet/cosmetic equipment › toilet-tool/implement › razor

• Dimensions

  max near folded shoulder 3.1 cm (width)
  if rolled out 9 cm (length)
  folded up 7.85 cm (length)
  8.99 g (weight)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Sidney University excavation at Vasileia in 1955.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1957.26

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