A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia its distinctive eight white petals

its distinctive eight white petals depict a flowering daisy

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The plaque has been fitted in modern times with a 14K yellow gold bail and suspended from a 20-inch 14K yellow gold chain

Background: Throughout the Old Kingdom

superbly handcrafted and polished to a smooth finish

A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia its distinctive eight white petalsThis 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