Object photograph·C05172b·1927–1931

Bone comb (L.417.4)

Bone comb from Lapithos, Kastros tombs, with a band of scroll and circle pattern and long teeth — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05172b. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A bone comb photographed upright on a pale mounted card. The body has parallel horizontal grooves above and below a band of interlocking S-shaped scrolls with circular centres. Long, thin teeth project from the top and bottom edges, some broken, and a rounded fragment sits at the upper left.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Bone, L.417.4.

Swedish, as on the record

Ben, L.417.4.

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