| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 2006 23 | |
| Title: | BRONZE SPATULATE IMPLEMENT | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Year: | 2006 | |
| Object Number: | 23 | |
| Description: | Bronze spatulate implement with long shaft, circular in section, tapering to a sharp point at one end. At other end, shaft swells before narrowing and taperint to tear-drop shaped flat blade tipped at oblique angle to shaft. Similar to MF 1985 51. Resembles Jackson's "ligula" (R. Jackson, "A Set of Roman Medical Instruments from Italy," Britannia 17 (1986), p. 128, #28, fig. 4) or Davidson's spatulate implements in Corinth XII, pp. 184-5, #1336-1347, esp. #1342. May have been used like an ear or unguent spoon or for medical purposes. | |
| Material: | Bronze | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact with lots of patina covering almost the entirety of spoon. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.130, Max. Th. of shaft 0.003, W. of blade 0.004, L. of blade 0.003 | |
| Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
| Chronology: | Context of MF 1985 51 is 2nd A.C. into 3rd A.C. | |
| Area: | Panaghia north | |
| Context: | NB983 B10 P28, LOT 2006 023 | |
| Findspot Description: | E. 406.86, N. 969.98, H. 91.23 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2008 069 11 Basket: NB983 B10 P28 |
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