A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Medium - Gold The pendant is suspended from

The pendant is suspended from a modern 20-inch 24K gold rope chain

the fragment is expertly mounted on a textile backing

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A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Medium - Gold The pendant is suspended fromThis instrument consists of a long, thin handle with a narrow leaf shaped spoon on one end and an olivary probe on the other, indicating its multifunctionality. For pharmaceutical purposes, the spoon was used to remove medicines from their flasks, explaining the many different sizes of the spoon and handle. It might also have been used to mix ointments. For surgery Milne suggests it might have been used as a curette (1907: 62). There is also the