A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia or clan-type affiliation and were

or clan-type affiliation and were worn on the person as pendants

superbly handcrafted and polished to a smooth finish

Background: Throughout the Old Kingdom

and Moche ceramic vessels depict dignitaries wearing such collars

A Roman Bronze Medical Cyathiscomele, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE Jewelry - Varia or clan-type affiliation and wereThis instrument consists of a long, thin handle with a narrow leaf shaped spoon on one end and an olivary probe on the other, indicating its multifunctionality. For pharmaceutical purposes, the spoon was used to remove medicines from their flasks, explaining the many different sizes of the spoon and handle. It might also have been used to mix ointments. For surgery Milne suggests it might have been used as a curette (1907: 62). There is also the