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LOT 0694
Roman Bronze Medical Spatula
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/8 in. (12.1 grams, 20.5 cm).
Comprising a rounded leaf-shaped finial, round-section shank with rounded tip. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Nottingham area, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Acquired from Ancient & Oriental, UK, circa 2002.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK.
See Milne, J.S., Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907.
FootnotesCatheters, spatulas, ear spoons, incisory instruments, spoons and spoon catheters, forceps, pincers, scissors, needles and elevator scalpels/dissectors, knives, phlebotomies, chisels, lenticulars and retractors were included among the medical instruments of antiquity which displayed considerable diversity.
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