Strigil
Strigil
Place of OriginGreece
Date400-300 BCE
DimensionsL: 8 31/32 in. (25.3 cm); Max W (blade): 1 7/32 in. (3.1 cm)
MediumBronze.
ClassificationUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
Object number
1989.128
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Comparative ReferencesSee also Comstock, M. and C. Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Bronzes in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1971, p. 425, no. 613.- Decorative Arts
Zhou Dynasty (1045-222 BCE)
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1479-1298 BCE
Early Roman Period, about 30 BCE - 100 CE
Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1 or 2, 3200-2780 BCE
Neo-Sumerian (Ur III), fourth year of the reign of King Amar-Sin, 2024 BCE
about 1865 BCE, reign of Sin-kasid of Uruk, Old Babylonian Period (1894-1595 BCE)
Late 6th century BCE
2047 BCE, 47th Year of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE), Third Dynasty of Ur (about 2112-2000 BCE)
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