Comb with engraved concentric circles and fretted volutes

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Cosmetic equipment. Comb with engraved concentric circles and fretted volutes. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, length 0.23 m, width 0.017 m, 501-800 AD. Coptic period.

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Accession Number: E.71.1966
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Anna Karbownik
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Image width: 416 pixels
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6th Century 7th Century AD afro-comb antiquity circle circles circular comb Coptic coptic period cosmetic equipment cosmetica Egyptian engraved engraving Fitz_ANT hair comb volutes wood wooden

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