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Description: | Cast copper alloy Roman toiletry implement, with an oval spoon bowl at one end, probably an ear scoop or ligula, and a pointed bifid terminal at the other end, which might have been used as a nail cleaner . The toiletry implement is now bent into a V-shape but would have originally been straight. Roman toiletry implements often have multiple functions, with a tool at each end of the copper alloy rod.Bailey (2008) illustrates a similar bronze probe with a bowl terminal on page 25, Fig.C7.14, which is dated from the Roman period.Crummy (1983) illustrates a similar nail cleaner on page 58, Fig.62, No.1869, which is dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD, and a toilet spoon on page 60, Fig.64, No.1900.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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