Object: Razor
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,late Lord Amherst of Hackney, FSA,Sotheby's 17.vi.21, Lot 827
Site: Egypt,City of Akhenaten (Tell el Amarna)
Discovery context: auction
Country: Egypt
Year of discovery: 1891
Length (mm): 75
Width (mm): blade 16.5
Thickness (mm): blade - under 1; thickest part of back piece on blade 5
Weight (g): slt. under (4 dwt) 6.25 gms
Patina: The rougher side has a mottled green patina with patches of light earth, the smoother side has a lighter green dull patina.
Surface: One side is rougher than the other owing to slight encrustment
Associations: Discovered by Lord Amherst 1891/2
Description: Blade is strengthened by a piece of tubular bronze riveted to the back edge.