Karanis / Knife Handle / Wood
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3730
- Object Name
- Knife Handle
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Tools
- Materials
- Wood
- Length
- 14.3 cm
- Width
- 4.2 cm
- Pierced
- 161
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Carved knife handle of soft wood. On one side large piece broken off exposing peg in hole, and remains of two other peg holes. On other side three peg holes intact with one peg piercing through slit that would have held blade.
- Verbatim Date
- 1st c. B.C. - 4th c. A.D.
- Unit Grid Number
- 0255
- Component/Room
- 00B
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- 140
- Countermark
- 161
- Type Category
- 30
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 178 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.3730
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3730/0000_00_3730p02.tif
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"Karanis; Knife Handle; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3730/0000_00_3730p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.