Double Probe or Applicator
Tools and EquipmentRoman1st-3rd century CE

Double Probe or Applicator

1st-3rd century CE

Classification
Tools and Equipment
Technique
Cast, lost-wax process
Medium
Copper alloy
Culture
Roman
Period
Roman Imperial period
Century
1st-3rd century CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

12.6 cm, 0.5 cm (4 15/16 in., 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Excavated from Daphne, sector DH-26-M/N (no. C253-U730) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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