Comb with the name of Djet
In ancient Egypt, any object could be given meanings that were independent of its function. This tendency was recurrent in objects dedicated to personal care. It should therefore come as no surprise that the name of a ruler appears on a simple comb; in the centre is the serekh (an axonometric view of a royal palace), surmounted by the falcon, inside which is inscribed the name of Djet; on the sides are two sceptres symbolising power, on the right is also an ankh sign, whose meaning is 'life'; at the top wings with a boat with a cabin surmounted by a hawk (this is an allegorical image of the sky furrowed by the sun, which was thought to sail daily from east to west, of which this comb is the earliest example, but later a winged sun will be depicted)
