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M 340a cont. •
projection and the handle itself. The blade fits into the blade support along its full length(the full length of the support), and the two form practically a single piece. The support is pointed at its end; two grooves & two ridges run down its longitudinal axis, and a single groove on either edge. The end of the blade extending beyound the end of the support is missing. The strigil would appear to be otherwise complete save for two small pieces in under side of handle.
Handle found broken in 3 pieces; mended; blade & blade support found intact. Bronze badly affected by bronze desease; worse parts covered with wax to preserve it from further disentigration.
For provenence see M 340 with which it was found.
L. Handle 0.11m W. " 0.02 Gtst. D. 0.238
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain