Accession No

1957.167 C


Description

Fragments from one or more rectangular single-sided wooden combs. Backplate decorated with longitudinal grooves with an openwork peaked back above; multiple fine teeth. Four large pieces and multiple smaller fragments.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Middle Bronze Age II


Source

British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1957.167 C; G73 95 [Excavation Register]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb G.73

Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8). 

Event Date 1952
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Original description 1957.167 A-E: 'Fragmentary small bone combs of same shape as 1957.167 A but undecorated.'
Event Date 1957
Author: maa


Context (References)
Kenyon, K.M. (1965). Excavations at Jericho, Vol. II: The Tombs Excavated in 1955–1958. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. p. 447 ff
Event Date 1965
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Fragments from one or more rectangular single-sided wooden combs. Backplate decorated with longitudinal grooves with an openwork peaked back above; multiple fine teeth. Four large pieces and multiple smaller fragments.
Event Date 28/7/2022
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:299021

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