Karanis / Bow Drill / Wood

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.7601
Object Name: Bow Drill
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Drills
Materials: Wood
Length: 42.5 cm
Width: 1.0 cm
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
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: site
Countermark: no
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: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.7601
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.7601/0000_00_7601

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Full citation: "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 April 19, 2024.