Spoon probe
The Roman army brought to Devon new ideas for medicine and health. This double-ended tool combines a probe and a spatula and could be used as a tongue depressor, for stirring medicines or as a surgical tool.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 6/2005/12/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- copper alloy
- Common Name
- spoon probe
- Simple Name
- spatula
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
