Object Description
A Roman bronze spatula probe, comprised of a long thin shaft, with an oblong olivary terminal on one end and a long, shallow, spoon-like spatula at the other end. The shaft is further enriched with several horizontal raised bands and incisions which lead to the spatula. This tool would have been used to prepare medications, with the olivary terminal used for stirring and the spatula for applying the unction to the affected area.
Date: Circa 1st – 3rd Century AD