This type of object is typical of the Punic West, there being no trace of it in Phoenicia.
They have only been found in tombs, where they must have served a ritual or magical function. Made chiefly out of bronze, they have a slender body of a rectangular shape with a handle shaped, in the later examples, like the neck of a swan or ibis. The m
otifs depicted on the razors are of a religious character, representing deities like Melkart or animals and magic symbols.\par