Ancient Egyptian hair comb from Sesebi Upper Nubia dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Fragment of a wooden hair comb with 8 teeth remaining, one preserved to full length, rest chipped or broken. With double horizontal incised line decoration just above teeth and just below edge of back.

Ancient Egyptian hair comb from Sesebi Upper Nubia dated 1550 – 1295 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1937.52.17
  • Material: wood
  • Culture: Dynasty 18
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dated: 1550 - 1295 BC
  • Object name: hair comb
  • Dimensions: Length: 44mm , Width: 26mm , Depth: 10mm
  • Published references: A M Blackman J E A 23 (1937) pp. 145-151
  • Site: Sesebi
  • Latitude: 20.109722
  • Longitude: 30.543056