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Back of a comb

FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniqueBone (?)
DimensionsOverall: 3.1 x 5 x 5.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number88.1049
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1888 - Deaccessioned: June 25, 1997)
Game pieces
2960–2770 B.C.
Bone pin
Badarian to Naqada III, 4500–2960 B.C.
Comb fragment
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Fragmentary comb
Naqada I–III, 3850–2960 B.C.
Bone piercer
2400–1550 B.C.