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1914.05.0160

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Artifact Identification Comb   (1914.05.0160)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Toilet Articles
    3. :
  3. Hair Care Artifacts
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
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
Dimension 2 (Width) 5.1 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.8 cm
Weight 11 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Wood
Manufacturing Processes Carved

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
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

Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction No

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