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Early Medieval bone comb
Fragment of a decorated rib and a teeth plate. Rib decorated with bunches of diagonal grooves; This fragment has four grooves. This seems to be a late motif?
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/F.23
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Cut XV, Layer 4a. Context C C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:15
width / mm:7
thickness / mm:3.5
Material
bone
Techniques
carved
cut
Location
In store
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