Harvard Art Museums > 1940.135: Instrument with Ring Terminal Tools and Equipment Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Instrument with Ring Terminal , 1940.135,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303645. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1940.135 Title Instrument with Ring Terminal Other Titles Alternate Title: Key (?) Classification Tools and Equipment Work Type implement Date 2nd-6th century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria) Find Spot: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine Culture Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303645 Physical Descriptions Medium Copper alloy Technique Cast, lost-wax process Dimensions 8.6 x 1 cm, 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3/8 in., 1/8 in.) Technical Details Technical Observations: The surface is pitted and black. The object is intact. The implement was cast and hot worked. The holes were punched. Carol Snow (submitted 2002) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Excavated from Antioch (no. C447-U767) (Turkey, Hatay) by the Syrian Department of Antiquities (later the Hatay government) and the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and Its Vicinity, (1935-1939), dispersed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch and its Vicinity Accession Year 1940 Object Number 1940.135 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes at the Harvard Art Museums The round shaft of this instrument is slightly bent. There is a hole just before its oval tip. A round, flat disc with a large eyelet surmounts the shaft. The exact function of the object is unclear, although comparable objects are known (1). The eyelet may indicate the instrument was part of a set of other tools held on a ring with a set of toilet instruments (2). NOTES: 1. Compare E. Künzl, Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der römischen Kaiserzeit (Cologne, 1983) 99, fig. 79 (described as a spoon probe); and Los bronces romanos en España, exh. cat., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velazquez (Madrid, 1990) 302-303, nos. 264-65 (described as a perfume remover). 2. Compare a toilet instrument set in the British Museum, inv. no. 1850,0117.46, held together by a similar ringed implement; see H. B. Walters, Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum: Greek, Roman and Etruscan (London, 1899) 3117, no. 2394. David Smart Subjects and Contexts Ancient Bronzes Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
