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EA.81799

Object record: EA.81799
Holding institution: The British Museum
Period: 250-400 CE (Egypt - Late Antique)
Country of Origin: Nubia

Wooden comb, tapering in thickness, ends preserved with teeth on both edges; on one edge are 14 large teeth, on the other are 23 narrower teeth several of which are broken. Decoration comprises three incised parallel lines on each side, one central the other two at the base of the teeth.

Nubia, Qasr Ibrim.

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