A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Medium - Gold Elegantly set in a modern

Elegantly set in a modern silver ring with a textured decorative band and a smooth gold bezel that accentuates the ancient bronze surface

the boxes present it cleanly and attractively

the fragment is expertly mounted on a textile backing

or shamanic flight

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A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Medium - Gold Elegantly set in a modernThis instrument consists of a long, thin handle with a narrow leaf shaped spoon on one end and an olivary probe on the other, indicating its multifunctionality. For pharmaceutical purposes, the spoon was used to remove medicines from their flasks, explaining the many different sizes of the spoon and handle. It might also have been used to mix ointments. For surgery Milne suggests it might have been used as a curette (1907: 62). There is also the