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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy toilet instrument.The instrument resembles ear scoops from the same period, but it has been suggested that this instrument was used to help apply ointment to wounds. Crummy described them as 'spoon-probes' and states that they are not a common site find for Britain, 'they were employed not only as surgeon's curettes or sounds but also as toilet spoons in general' (Crummy, p60-1). She suggested they could have been used to extract cosmetics from containers or to apply or removed make-up. Ralph Jackson details similar examples in Jackson, 1986 fig 4 number 33 - 35 which he describes as spatula probes.The artefact has a long and slender shaft and a ovoid knopped terminal. Most of a spoon-like fitting on the opposite terminal is missing.The implement is 127.34 mm in lenght, 6.38 mm wide and 3,29 mm thick and it weights 9.40 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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