comb
- Museum number
- EA81799
- Description
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Wooden comb, tapering in thickness, ends preserved with teeth on both edges; on one edge are 14 large teeth, on the other are 23 narrower teeth several of which are broken. Decoration comprises three incised parallel lines on each side, one central the other two at the base of the teeth.
- Production date
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350-550AD
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550-700AD
- Dimensions
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Length: 2 centimetres (average - teeth)
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Length: 8.60 centimetres
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Thickness: 1 centimetres (max)
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Width: 7.70 centimetres (max)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA81799
- Registration number
- 2008,1008.1588
- Additional IDs
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Excavation/small finds number: 74/43 (excavation number)