Comb

1914.05.0160

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Artifact Identification Comb   (1914.05.0160)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Toilet Articles
  4. :
  5. Hair Care Artifacts
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
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.

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
Credit Line/Dedication Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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