Object photograph·C05881a·1927–1931

Bronze Toilet-requisites (I.149)

Bronze strigil from Idalion, a long curved metal object with a looped top and a flat broadened end. — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C05881a. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A single long, narrow metal object curves into a loop at the top, with one arm running down to a flat, broadened blade at the bottom. The surface is dark with some lighter sheen along the edges. It is photographed alone against a pale background and fills the tall, narrow frame.

English, translated from the original record

Bronze toilet-requisites, I.149: a strigil.

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