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LOT 0987
Roman Bronze Tweezer Group
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/8 - 3 in. (23.6 grams total, 54-75 mm).
Comprising three pairs of tweezers, each with linear decoration and one with a suspension loop. [3]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. Beutler, F. et al., Der Adler Roms. Carnuntum und der Armee der Cäsaren, Bad-Deutsch Altenberg, 2017, items 841-842, for type.
FootnotesLonger tweezers with serrated ends served as an essential component of surgical instruments for better and safer grasping of human tissue. Some of them had gripping arms that widened considerably downwards.
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