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Strigil (scraper)
Unidentified Artistc. 300 BCE
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
The strigil has two stamped rosettes on the front of the handle with the Greek word "savior" between them. The thin, turned-back section of the handle an oval finial that is pierced by two kidney-shaped openings. There are double grooves along the edge of the back of the strigil.
Details
- Title: Strigil (scraper)
- Creator: Unidentified Artist
- Creator Lifespan: 1/1
- Date: c. 300 BCE
- Technique: Cast and hammered
- Physical Dimensions: w3.6 x h19.7 x d22.2 cm
- Period: Hellenistic period, Early
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Creation Place: Etruria/Europe/Ancient & Byzantine World
- Type: Tools and Equipment
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: Bronze
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