Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small ivory hair-comb fragment/profile shows multiple carved registers of animals in relief, arranged in rows across the top and bottom sections.

The image shows a small, rectangular object photographed against a dark background. The carved surface is dominated by repeated animal figures arranged in stacked horizontal bands (registers). Several standing quadrupeds appear with slender legs and elongated bodies, while other figures with curved or raised elements are interspersed, all rendered in shallow relief. The top edge includes a denser band of figures, and beneath it a larger mid-register with more animals; the lower area features another register with a larger animal form and additional smaller animals around it. The carving style and subject arrangement match the catalogue theme of decoration with rows of (wild) animals. There is no clearly legible hieroglyphic text, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible. The comb’s tooth area is not clearly shown in this image, but the overall form and relief panel are consistent with a decorated hair-comb.