comb

Object name

comb

Number

W-1988-615

Artefact category

Wooden Objects

Brief description

Complete wooden hair comb

Material

Buxus sempervirens (Box)

Dimensions

Length or Height (Whole Object): 81.16mm
Width or Diameter (Whole Object): 53.88mm
Depth (Whole Object): 9.45mm
Weight (Whole Object): 7g

Excavation site

Vindolanda

Excavation context

LXXIII E XVIII III. XVIII Armourer's floor

Year of excavation

1988

Bibliographic references

Birley, R. 1994. Vindolanda Research Reports, New Series. Volume 1.: The Early Wooden Forts.. 83

Roman Domestic Wood - Analysis of the morphology, manufacture and use of selected categories of domestic wooden artefacts with particular reference to the material from Roman Britain. – Catalogue number: C032 (published book)

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