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Early Medieval bone comb
Fragment of bone comb tooth plate and bar. Teeth appear to have rounded/oval profiles and have fine horizontal grooves upon the surface. The tooth plate has a drill hole on one edge surrounded by a corrosion stain on the other.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/F.32
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XVIII, Layer 4.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:18 (bar)
width / mm:8
thickness / mm:2.5
length / mm:18 (plate)
width / mm:11
thickness / mm:1.5
Material
bone
Techniques
carved
cut
Location
In store
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