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Toulouse (31) - Musée Saint-Raymond

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Rectangular bone comb with two rows of teeth, dated to the Late Period (4th century AD). It is made up of an assembly of eight small plates held together by two flat rods fixed by five iron rivets whose intervals are decorated with double concentric pointed circles.

Where to find it

Toulouse (31) - Musée Saint-Raymond
place Saint-Sernin
31000 Toulouse

Commune of discovery

Toulouse

Locality

Ancien Hôpital Larrey, 11 place de Bologne

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1988

Chief Scientist

DE FILIPPO, Raphaël

Inventory number

98.4.47

Scope

Daily life ➔ Care

Materials

Organic ➔ Bones

Chronological period

Gallo-Roman [- 50 / 476] ➔ Bas-Empire [235/ 476]

Dating the object

250 – 476

Dimensions

L. 11 cm, l. 6.5 cm, P. 0.8 cm,

Bibliographie

Archéologie toulousaine. Antiquité et haut Moyen Age. Découvertes récentes (1988-1995), exposition musée Saint-Raymond, 1995, Toulouse, musée Saint-Raymond, 1995 (n° 211, p. 59)
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