comb

Comb

Double-sided comb of wood, with wider-spaced teeth on one side, imperfectly preserved. The Romans introduced into Egypt the fashionable practice of wearing combs as part of elaborate hairstyles. This example comes from el-Rubiyat, where many fine portrait panels were found on mummified bodies of the first centuries AD.

GOVERNORATE OF FAIYUM: EL-RUBIYAT

ROMAN PERIOD

From the division of finds excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund. Given to the museum in 1901.

Margaret Murray, National Museum of Science and Art, General Guide III. Egyptian Antiquities, Dublin 1910, p. 34.

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