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posted on 2021-10-26, 15:07 authored by Helena HamerowHelena Hamerow
Bronze surgical instrument, length 17.5cm. of cast and beaten bronze; lower end of handle flat and thin with blunt edges and sharpened rounded point; this flat blade angles in to a thin tapering rectangular sectioned stem, bent over at right-angles at the point for 2.2cm, and terminating there in a swollen olive-shaped point.

History

Grave ID

Guilton Grave 98

Object ID

M6213a

Catalogue Number

M 6213 A

Material

copper alloy (Sonia Hawkes Material Notes; bronze) (Antiquarian Material; brass)

Complete Keyword List (Including Alternatives)

other tools (Sonia Hawkes Keyword; surgical instrument) (Antiquarian Keyword; surgeon's instrument)

Status

extant

Location

National Museums Liverpool

Collection

Mayer Collection

Original Collection

Faussett

Category ID

misc

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    The Novum Inventorium Sepulchrale

    Categories

    Keywords

    other toolsGuilton Grave 98Archaeology

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    CC BY-NC 4.0

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