|
Date: |
|
Description: | A worn Roman copper alloy wax spatula handle, probably of 2nd to early 3rd century date. The handle is complete, although most of the iron blade has been lost. The handle depicts the bust of the goddess Minerva. Minerva is depicted wearing a crested helmet which is undecorated. Hair is depicted beneath the level of the helmet as a strip with diagonal lines cut in it. The face is worn but the eyes are roughly depicted as two rings with a line below to show the mouth. Minerva has sloping shoulders and round the base of the neck is a line of small triangles possibly the neck of an undergarment or a necklace. This is not visible on her back but may have worn away. The V necked garment she wears is in the form of two moulded bands running down from each shoulder decorated with two rows of small triangles. Again these details do not appear on the back of the handle. More bands run round her waist and the skirt of the garment is undecorated but for a single incised line near the lower edge. The sides are concave and the base of the handle has a V-shaped cut to accommodate the iron blade with extensive iron corrosion.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
SPATULA
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
SPATULA
Roman copper alloy wax spatula…
-
SPATULA
An incomplete Roman (AD 100-250)…
-
-
SPATULA
Roman copper alloy wax spatula…
-
SPATULA
Roman copper alloy wax spatula…
-
Spatula
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
SPATULA
A complete cast copper alloy…
-
-
SPATULA
Cast copper alloy spatula handle…
|