Carding (torture)

Carding (torture)

In torture, carding involved scraping or tearing the victim's flesh with metal combs normally used for combing wool."Card". "Oxford English Dictionary". Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 1989.]

Combs usually had one or two rows of teeth, each a few inches in length. These are the "wool combs" used to prepare fiber (such as wool) for worsted-spun thread, not the more modern, short-toothed carders used to prepare wool for woolen spinning.

A famous example of "carding" was the torture of a supporter of Pantaleon, half-brother of Croesus, who attempted to bring him to the throne of the Lydian Empire before Croesus became King. A description of the man's death is listed in Herodotus: "Croesus tortured this opponent of his to death by having him hauled over a carding-comb." [Herodotus, "The Histories", Book 1, Ch. 92. Translation of Waterfield.] In Jewish history, Rabbi Akiva was tortured to death in this way. [Talmud, Berachot 61b] .

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