Tools and EquipmentGreek4th-3rd century BCE

Strigil (Scraper)

4th-3rd century BCE

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Technique

Hammered

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic

Century

4th-3rd century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

17.9 x 2.1 x 3.2 cm (7 1/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University, no. E-2344.

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