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

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CATALOGUE OF BRONZES.

2429. STRIGIL. Etruscan type ; handle in the form of a knotted stem ; end broken off.
Length io|- in. Palestrina, 1847 ; found with the cista, No. 744. Blade broken.

2430. STRIGIL. Etruscan type ; broad blade ; handle made in a separate piece. Length
8| in. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868. The handle is lost.

2431. STRIGIL. Blade tapering and curved at right angles, ribbed at the back ; handle straight
and flat, moulded, and pierced with a hole. Length iij in. Rather broken.

2432. STRIGIL. Blade curved at a right angle ; handle bent back to form a rectangle, and
fastened to the back. Length 13^ in. From Melos. Burgon Coll.; acquired by him in 1828.

2433. STRIGIL. Blade slightly curved, narrow, and deeply hollowed out. Length 7f in.
From Melos. Burgon Coll. ; acquired by him in 1819.

2434. STRIGIL. Narrow handle ; blade curved up, and then at a right angle ; handle curved
round and then at an obtuse angle, attached by a leaf-shaped ending to the blade. Length
I2f in. From Cameiros. Burgon Coll. ; acquired by him in 1829.

2435. STRIGIL, as the last. Length 11 in. From Pozzuoli. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple,
1856. Patina.

2436. STRIGIL. Long tapering blade, curved at a right angle ; the handle has been separate.
Length 11| in. Payne Knight Coll. Handle lost.

2437. STRIGIL. Roman type ; flat handle, with square cnds, doubled back ; narrow blade
curving at a right angle. Length 9J in. Towneley Coll.

2438. STRIGIL, as the last ; back of blade ribbed. Length 11J in.

2439. STRIGIL. Blade curved up, and then at a right angle ; handle curved round, and then
at an obtuse angle, attached by a leaf-shaped ending to the blade. Length u§ in.

2440. STRIGIL. As the last. Lengthuin. Blacas Colk, 1867. Blade injured.

2441. FOUR STRIGILS on a ring, all Ronian, and of the same type, thin and narrow ; the
blades are curved at an obtuse angle, the handles flat and bent back to form rectangles ; on
each are stamped designs. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2442. TWO STRIGILS, similar ; blade curved at right angles, and made of a separate piece
to the handle, on which is a stamped design. Length 7f- and in. Presented by G. Witt,
Esq., 1868.

2443. BLADE OF STRIGIL, as before. Length 5! in. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2444. STRIGIL. Roman type ; flat handle with square ends, doubled back close ; blade
curved at the end at a right angle ; stamped design as No. 2442. Length9j in. Presented by
G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2445. STRIGIL of small size, with thin round handle and blade curvcd like a sickle. Length
6f in. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2446. STRIGIL, with broad blade curved at right angles ; in the end of the handle, which is
straight and fiat, is a slit, probably for a leather thong or belt. Length 8f in. Presented by
G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2447. STRIGIL, as the Iast, but narrow blade ; made in two pieces. Length 6| in. Presented
by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2448. FOUR STRIGILS. Short broad blade, curved at right angles ; thinhandle, bent back 011 to
the blade, and ending in a leaf. Length 7 j, 8f, 10, and 11 in. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2449. STRIGIL, as before ; the end of the handle is broken off. Length 9 in. Presentcd by
G. Witt, Esq., 1868.