A Roman bronze medical curette, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE Seals - Cylinder At resurrection

At resurrection

which appears to guarantee clothing to the deceased

2002 Gallery Gabrille Pizzi

Provenance: Alex Malloy collection

acquired from Frishman Galleries

A Roman bronze medical curette, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st - 3rd century CE Seals - Cylinder At resurrectionThis finely preserved bronze medical instrument is a Roman curette probe, a specialized tool used by physicians in the examination and treatment of patients. Fashioned from a single piece of bronze, it combines two distinct working ends: a slender pointed probe and a small hooked curette. The probe was employed to examine wounds, apply medicaments, or explore bodily cavities, while the curette was used for scraping or debriding biological tissue or