English: A fragment of a medieval to post medieval double-sided ivory comb. It is a segment of the comb from the centre; both ends are missing. There is a set of coarse teeth (c. 1-2 per 5mm) and fine teeth (c. 6 per 5mm). The fragment is undecorated and is mid brown. It measures 17.4mm (length) x 50.9mm (width) x 3.0mm (thickness) and weighs 1.86g.
A similar comb is illustrated in Egan et al 1991 ( 368-370, ref. 1721) and is from an early 14th century deposit. However Macgregor (1985, 82; ref. 47e) discuss a similar comb as 16th centry. Therefore a wide medieval to post medieval date range is suggested for this comb.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date
between 1350 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 506980 Old ref: LON-71F968 Filename: LON-71F968horncomb.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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