Karanis / winnowing fork / Wood
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3420
- Object Name
- winnowing fork
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Agricultural tools
- Materials
- Wood
- Length
- 27.0 cm;
- Width
- 21.6 cm;
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;221 g, without modern tines
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Carved wood base with large square center hole (for handle) and six smaller square holes for prongs. Six prongs in situ; two broken off. Prongs are curved. Wood hard and dark brown in color. Some small pieces of wood missing but condition good.
- Winnowing fork. Wood (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd - 4th C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- 5020
- Component/Room
- 00G
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Condition Notes
- 4 original, 2 modern prongs
- Exhibition Title
- From Seed-Time to Harvest
- Publication Title
- Karanis, an Egyptian town in Roman times : discoveries of the University of Michigan expedition to Egypt (1924-1935) / edited by Elaine K. Gazda. (1st edition)
- Karanis, an Egyptian town in Roman times : discoveries of the University of Michigan expedition to Egypt (1924-1935) (2nd edition)
- Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
- Publication Author
- Berlin, Andrea M., Gazda, Elaine K., Royer, Jacqueline
- Gazda, Elaine K.
- Publication Year
- 1983
- 2004
- 2014
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3420
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3420/dscn8189.jpg
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"Karanis; winnowing fork; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3420/dscn8189.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
