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This small axe with a curved handle is a rare form for a razor. The blade is inserted between two sides of a tied and rivetted plaque. Fragments of the wooden case that contained this object were still glued to it went it was discovered.

Cette forme de hachette à manche courbe est rare pour un rasoir. La lame est insérée entre les deux bords d'une plaque reliée, puis rivetée. Des fragments de l'étui de bois qui le contenait y adhéraient encore au moment de la découverte.

This small axe with a curved handle is a rare form for a razor. The blade is inserted between two sides of a tied and rivetted plaque. Fragments of the wooden case that contained this object were still glued to it went it was discovered.

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Bibliography

Gratien Brigitte, La Nubie au temps des pharaons, catalogue d'exposition, [Boulogne-sur-mer], 1975, p. 19, n°113.
Cabrol Agnès, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p. 149, n°218.
Vila André, "Le cimetière Kerma", dans J. Vercoutter,  Mirgissa I, Paris, 1970, p. 267 et p. 8, fig. 25.
Bonnet Charles, Kerma, royaume de Nubie, catalogue d'exposition, Genève, 1990, p. 233, n°334.
Vandier d'Abbadie J., Catalogue des objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, p. 163, n°733 et p. 164.

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Lieu de découverte: 
M III - T. 15

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