Walters, Henry Beauchamp: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1899)

STRIGILS.

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III. STRIGILS AND BATH IMPLEMENTS (2420-2456).

2420. RAZOR OR FLESH-SCRAPER. Blade nearly semi-circular, the base forming the
edge ; handle spirally grooved, ending in a double strip of metal of square section, flattened out
and soldered on to either side of the blade. The blade has chevron and other patterns incised
on it, and in the centre a large hole between two small ones. Length 5f in. Athens, 1S65.
A?in. deW Inst. 1874, p. 258.

2421. RAZOR OR FLESH-SCRAPER, as the list; only one hole. Length 4| in. Cam-
panari, 1839. Edges rnuch damaged.

2422. RAZOR, as before, but c-escent-shaped, with stirrup-shaped handle. Ht. 3J in.
Cyprus (?), 1875. Cf. Ann. delV Inst. 1874, p. 258, and Mon. x. pl. 10 b, fig. 4.

2423. RAZOR, as the last. Ht. \\ in. 1840. Corroded.

2424. STRIGIL. Blade bent at right angles and then turning outwards ; handlc joined on to
back with a lozenge-shapcd piece. Length 8| in. Amathus, Cyprus, 1894 (excavated under
the Turner bequest). Corroded.

2425. STRIGIL. Blade wide and deep, slightly bent. Length ioj in. Amathus, Cyprus, 1891
(excavated under the Turner bequest). Corroded ; blade broken.

2426. STRIGIL. Short broad handle doubled back, but not fastened to the blade, whicli is
curved. Length 9^ in. Curium, Cyprus, 1895 (Turner bequest) ; tomb 62. Corroded.

2427. STRIGIL, fragment of; thin handle, doubled back and joined to the blade by a piece in
the form of an elongated palmette. Length 6y in. Curium, Cyprus, 1895 (Turner bequest) ;
tomb 73. Corroded. Probably fifth century B.C. ; found with Nos. 193, 235, 247.

2428. STRIGIL. Etruscan type ; broad blade curved at a right angle ; handle 'curved back
and ending in a leaf-shaped piece ; alongthe edge, egg-pattern, and on the flat part, patterns of
dots. Length njin. Campanari, 1S39. Corroded.