Comb
1914.05.0160
Detailed Images
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Comb (1914.05.0160) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | 4th - 7th century CE |
Culture | Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Coptic |
Location | On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 6.0 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Width) | 5.1 cm |
Dimension 3 (Depth) | 0.8 cm |
Weight | 11 g |
Measuring Remarks | None |
Materials | Plant--Wood |
Manufacturing Processes | Carved |
Munsell Color Information | Grayish Yellowish Brown (10 Y R 4/2) -ns |
Research Remarks
Published Description | "This hair comb is styled differently from catalogue numbers 113 and 114. The sets of coarse and fine teeth are placed on the long sides of a narrow rectangular plaque, and bracketed by end pieces with curving profiles. The plaque is decorated on one side only with a scattered arrangement of dotted circles. Examples of this type may be seen in Rutschowscaya, p. 33, nos. 31, 32; Gazda, 1983a, p. 27, fig. 44; Petrie, 1927, p. 26, pl. XX, nos. 21, 29, pl. XXI, nos. 43, 46." -Eunice Dauterman Maguire, Henry Maguire and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers, Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989), 192. |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. Maguire, Eunice Dauterman, Henry Maguire and Maggie J. Duncan-Flowers. Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. The British Museum. Antinoupolis at the British Museum Online Catalog. https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/all_current_projects/antinoupolis.aspx Griffith Institute Archives, University of Oxford. John de Monins Johnson photographic negatives. http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4johnson.html Examples of combs decorated with pointed circles (on file in museum): Rutschowscaya, M. 1986 Catalogue des bois de l'Égypte copte. Paris: Musée du Louvre, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux. |
Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Egypt Exploration Society |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |