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Roman copper alloy strigil handle
The handle comprises a double thickness of cast bronze with slight gap between; towards the closed end the gap widens to form a loop. The blade is entirely lost. On one face of the handle are traces of pronounced symbols, perhaps an ownership mark. A fine bronze strigil with an inlaid foliate scroll design on the handle was recovered from the Market Street excavations at Usk from a context thought to be Neronian.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Acquisition
Donation, 2/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:105
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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