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Description: | A possible cast copper alloy tile comb of probable Roman date (43-410 AD). The comb consists of the handle and the comb. In plan the tile comb resembles an inverted T, although the handle is now bent slightly. The handle is sub-cyclindrical and flares towards the base where it meets the comb. It is sub-circular in cross section. The comb is of a fishtail shape, with slight shoulders on either side, with the comb edge set at right angles to the handle; the cross section is sub-rectangular. The comb itself has a clearly defined row of undulating teeth, they are arranged so that they tessellate and form a zig-zag wavy line.It measures 41.0 mm long, 37.6 mm wide, 3.8 mm thick and weighs 5.3 g.A small number of similar tile combs have been recorded in the West Midlands both by the Portable Antiquities Scheme (WMID3842 and WMID2802) and other local museums. A number of these have been published by Roger White (1997 A Roman Tile Comb from Hanley Hall, Shropshire; in CBA West Midlands Archaeology 40 pp 14-15 and 2007 Final Report on the Wroxeter Hinterland Project Volume 1 pp 194-198). Another tile comb similar to the one described here can be seen in G. De la Bedoyere Finds of Roman Britain (pp 58-59 fig 34b). There is some doubt as to the item described above being a tile comb, hence it being recorded as a possible tile comb. An alternative interpretation of this artefact is that it could be an 18th century pastry cutter or jigger. These have similar impression edges. A possible parallel for this interpretation can be seen in Gordon Bailey's: Detector Finds; 1997. p96 example 2.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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