Karanis / Bow Drill / Wood
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.7601
- Object Name
- Bow Drill
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Drills
- Materials
- Wood
- Length
- 42.5 cm
- Width
- 1.0 cm
- Pierced
- 161
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Piece of bent tree branch with bark remaining. Curved in "U" shape. One end broken off. Other end has string wrapped around and knotted.
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd - 4th c. AD
- Unit Grid Number
- B0134
- Component/Room
- 00B
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- 140
- Countermark
- 161
- Exhibition Title
- 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
- Exhibition Curator
- McCleary, Roger V.
- Allen, Marti Lu
- Dix, T. Keith
- Type Category
- 30
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.7601
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.7601/0000_00_7601
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"Karanis; Bow Drill; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.7601/0000_00_7601. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 31, 2024.