Record ID: HAMP-59BD53
Object type: MEDICAL IMPLEMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy object, broken and damaged: possibly a Roman medical implement, an olivary (spoon-)probe. The olive is an elongated oval terminal of circular cross-section, c. 24.6mm long, up to 4.7mm in diameter. The shaft continues circular in cross-section, bent round and back on itself; the terminal bent slightly to one side, all presumably as an element of old damage. The patina is mid/dark-green where it has not been corroded. The piece is comparable to two such probes illustrated in Bishop (1996, 39; refs. 211, 212).
Created on: Thursday 4th July 2013
Last updated: Saturday 8th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilcomb CP', grid reference and parish protected.