LOT 1673 Roman Gilt Silver Military Medical Spoon Probe
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1st-3rd century AD. A silver medical spoon probe (cyathiscomelon) with gilt leaf-shaped bowl and balustered handle. Cf. Beutler F., Farka C, Gugl C., Humer F., Kremer G., Polhammer E. (ed.), Der Adler Roms, Carnuntum und die Armee der Casaren, Bad Voslau, 2017, p.377, n.825. 21 grams, 25cm (8 1/4"). Property of a South London collector; acquired before 1980. The spoon probe (cyatiscomelon) was used to dose, mix and apply medication, but also to scrape out fistulas; the handle and core were also used to explore body openings and wounds, to apply cotton wool or as a stir bar.
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