Karanis / comb / Wood

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Object Identifier
0000.00.3565
Object Name
comb
Object Type
Combs
Materials
Wood
Length
14.0 cm;
Width
5.5 cm;
Height
0.5 cm;
Thickness
;
Weight
;28.5 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Comb in good condition. Light brown wood with smooth surface. Decorated with parallel lines and concentric circles.
Earliest Date
100 BCE
Latest Date
399
Verbatim Date
1st c. B.C. - 4th c. A.D.
Unit Grid Number
0225
Component/Room
00B
Area
R
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Karanis
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
Exhibition Curator
Encina, Sebastián Enrique
Exhibition Year
2014
Class Title
Harlots and Heroines
There's No Place Like Home: Houses and Daily Life in the Past and Present
Harlots and Heroines (W2018)
Intermediate Greek I (F2018)
Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
Class Instructor
Fielding, Ian
Carpenter, Lacey
Leontis, Artemis
Gruber, Christiane
Class Department
Classics
Anthropology
CLCIV
GREEKMOD
HISTART
Class Number
120.001
296.101
301
490.001
Class Year
2017
2018
2020
Class Semester
Winter
Spring
Fall
Type Category
Artifact

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Record
0000.00.3565
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"Karanis; comb; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3565/dsc_3248.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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