Museum quality example, 3" height, comprised of hand carved wood teeth about 25 on one side and 50 on the other mounted to double scale medial and finely bound in twisted cotton thread. Dating after the second century at which time the majority of Egyptians had embraced Christianity, and before the 7th century and the introduction of Islam. This example of classic tomb find condition, completely untouched with the original binding and undamaged. Such items were given to (or taken by) archaeologists in the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century and in turn, given to friends and patrons. Home museums displaying such items were popular among wealthy Victorians. Today, these untouched finds comprise a very small fraction of the antiquities on the market.

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