A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia Background: Throughout the Old Kingdom

Background: Throughout the Old Kingdom

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could have served as dedicatory offerings

The plaque has been fitted in modern times with a 14K yellow gold bail and suspended from a 20-inch 14K yellow gold chain

A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia Background: Throughout the Old KingdomThis 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