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Strigil
Greek
Archaic Period
about late 6th–early 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 21.8 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. F. H. Bacon
Accession Number03.1152
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Recreational
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 613; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 126 (additional published references).
DescriptionOn the upper center of the handle, as if produced from an intaglio ringstone, there is a small inset oval in which appears in relief an athlete scraping himself. He holds a strigil close to his head in his raised right hand and perhaps another strigil in the lowered left. The end of the scraper is broken off. Green patina.
ProvenanceFrom the Troad, near Hissarlik