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    Object Identifier
    0000.02.6552
    Object Name
    Bow Drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Wood
    Pierced
    no
    Inscribed
    no
    Area
    Surface
    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

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    Object Identifier
    0000.02.6551
    Object Name
    Bow Drill Stock
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis) Undetermined date
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Wood
    Pierced
    no
    Inscribed
    no
    Unit Grid Number
    C0065
    Component/Room
    0BN¹
    Area
    R:G:bin
    Verbatim Provenance
    Egypt
    Verbatim Site
    Karanis
    Production Site
    site
    Countermark
    no
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.01.9315
    Object Name
    Drill Handle
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Steatite
    Pierced
    no
    Inscribed
    no
    Subjects
    undecorated
    Unit Grid Number
    G6, Level III
    Component/Room
    Room 93
    Area
    Grave 202, near left elbow
    Verbatim Provenance
    Iraq
    Verbatim Site
    Seleucia
    Production Site
    site
    Countermark
    no
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    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
    1st c. BC - 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

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.00.3741
    Object Name
    bow drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Copper
    Pigment
    Wood
    Iron
    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, Sebastian 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)
    Class Instructor
    Gosner, Linda
    Crisostomo, Jay
    Davis, Katherine
    Class Department
    CLARCH
    MIDEAST
    Class Number
    350.002
    341.001
    Class Year
    2018
    2019
    2020
    2022
    Class Semester
    Winter
    Type Category
    Artifact

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    Object Identifier
    0000.01.7861
    Object Name
    Drill
    Lot
    University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
    Collections
    Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
    Object Type
    Drills
    Materials
    Bone (Unidentified)
    Pierced
    no
    Inscribed
    no
    Subjects
    undecorated
    Unit Grid Number
    G6, Level III
    Component/Room
    Room 34
    Verbatim Provenance
    Iraq
    Verbatim Site
    Seleucia
    Production Site
    site
    Countermark
    no
    Type Category
    Artifact