Razor, bones and shells B5875/a-c

Razor with curved blade. Similar to Baudou’s type XI B 2b; the handle is broken and missing. The razor is corroded. Length: 8.5 cm. B5875/a.

Burnt bones. B5875/b.

Fragment of shell (bucino undatum). B5875/c.

Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Location:
Storasund, Haugesund, Rogaland

Context:
Found in a pile around 1904. The pile was 22 m across. There was a stone chest north of the middle of the mound, it was built of boulders and measured 0.85 x 0.40 m. There is no information about the location of the find in the chest.

Date:
The razor is dated to the younger bronze age period 4-5.