Karanis / bow drill / Copper / Pigment / Wood / Iron
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3741
- Object Name
- bow drill
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Drills
- Length
- 41.0 cm;
- Width
- 3.5 cm;
- Height
- ;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;236g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Long wood handle, turned with elaborate design of incised lines and projections. One end of handle rounded and tapered; other end has a bronze collar. A square iron rod ca. 12.4 cm projects from flat end of handle. Rod is flattened out at top.
- Bow drill. Wood, iron, bronze (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
- Earliest Date
- 200
- Latest Date
- 399
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd - 4th C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- 0232
- Component/Room
- 00A
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times
- Portals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower EgyptPortals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower Egypt
- The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World
- Karanis Revealed
- Conserving Antiquity
- Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
- Exhibition Curator
- Berlin, Andrea
- Royer, Jacqueline
- McCleary, Roger V.
- Allen, Marti Lu
- Dix, T. Keith
- Wilfong, Terry
- Davis, Suzanne L.
- Chemello, Claudia
- Encina, Sebastián Enrique
- Exhibition Year
- 1983
- 2014
- Publication Title
- Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
- Roman Crafts
- Publication Author
- Strong, D. and Brown, D.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- 1976
- Class Title
- Technology, Production and Labor in the Roman World
- Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2019)
- Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2020)
- Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2022)
- Doing History (F2022)
- Monks, Demons, Hermits: On the Edge of Early Christian Practice (F2022)
- Doing History (W2023)
- Writing and Arts II: Handmade: DIY Culture and Crafting (W2023)
- Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2023)
- Doing History (W2023) Section 2
- Doing History (F2023)
- Science and Technology in the Ancient Middle East (W2024)
- Writing and Arts II: Handmade: DIY Culture and Crafting (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Gosner, Linda
- Crisostomo, Jay
- Davis, Katherine
- Carson, John
- Muehlberger, Ellen
- Selcer, Perrin
- Cassel, Cat
- Katherine Davis
- Shin, Ian
- Lassiter, Matthew
- Class Department
- CLARCH
- MIDEAST
- HISTORY
- LSWA
- Class Number
- 350.002
- 341.001
- 202.002
- 197.008
- 202.001
- 230.001
- 341
- Class Year
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Fall
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3741
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3741/dscn8196.jpg
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"Karanis; bow drill; Copper; Pigment; Wood; Iron." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3741/dscn8196.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.