Polished Bone Stylus

Tools and EquipmentCoptic4th-5th century CE

Polished Bone Stylus

4th-5th century CE

Description

Cylindrical bone stylus; one end is pointed, the other rounded, with carved torus decoration in relief on the stylus shaft.

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Technique

Carved

Medium

Bone

Culture

Coptic

Period

Byzantine period

Century

4th-5th century CE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

13.7 and 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in.)

Provenance

[C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, 1983] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1983-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

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