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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2450. STRIGIL, as before ; the handle widens out. and on the end is a thin piece, bent back
and ending on the blade in a broad piece like a spatula. Length 9f in. Presented by G. Witt,
Esq., 1868.

2451. TWO STRIGILS, as before ; short broad blade curved at right angles ; handle ending
in a long tongue-shaped piece. Length 8 and I2j in. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2452. STRIGIL, as before ; blade slightly bent. Length 9j in. Much corroded.

2453. STRIGIL, as the last ; the handle is like an axe-head, thicker in the middle ; it ends in a
thin knotted stem, bent back, and terminating in a long tongue. Length 13-J in. Presented by
G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2454. STRIGIL, as before ; handle ending in oval piece (rather broken) ; on it are three stamps :
a rosette, two animals in congressu, and ^ 3 T -J V9 3 | \ | 3 <q. Length iOj in. Presented by
G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

2455. BATH APPARATUS. From a large oval ring are suspended by two smaller rings two
strigils with hollow cylindrical handles knotted like tree-stems ; between them from another
ring is suspended by three chains an aryballos with two handles, the body horizontally ribbed.
Found in a stone coffin at Urdengen near Dusseldorf, 1861. Presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.
Patina on the aryballos.

2456. TWO VASES for use in bathing : (1) A small cylindrical pot with a lid, in which is a hole ;
(2) a pyxis-shaped vase with foot, neck, and mouth. Ht. 2j and 3 in. No. 1 was found with
the last object at Urdengen, 1861 ; both were presented by G. Witt, Esq., 1868.

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