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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy comb, one terminal and part of the body of this comb now survives. It is rectangular in shape and measures 34mm in surviving length and 31.8mm in width. It is flat and 1.2mm thick.
After the terminal, which is 7.7mm wide, there are two sets of different sized copper-alloy teeth along either long edge, each individual tooth measuring 6.6mm in length and those on one side measuring 1.5mm in width and on the other side 80mm in width. The teeth taper to a point and all appear to be worn as their tips are no longer in line with the edges of the terminal of the comb, which presumably they must have been originally.
On both faces of the body of the comb there are two parallel boarder grooves, just before the teeth begin, and at the complete terminal there are transverse shallow U-shaped grooves.
No parallel could be found for this comb, combs from all peiods are generally made of bone or antler, not copper-alloy. The function of this comb may relate to the wear on the teeth of this comb. It is perhaps most likely to be medieval or post-medieval in date, as Roman and early medieval combs are antler or bone. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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