Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with five bronze surgical instruments

Made:: 3000BCE-100CE in Europe

maker:: Unknown

Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with five bronze surgical instruments

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Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with five bronze surgical instruments, Greek, 3000BCE-100CE. Found at Corinth, from Hamonic collection

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A647583

Materials:: wood and bronze

type:: surgical instrument sets and instrument case

credit:: Hamonic Collection

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Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with four bronze surgical instruments, Greek, 3000BCE-100CE. Found at Corinth, from Hamonic collection (see note)

Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with four bronze surgical instruments

Wooden case with moulded bronze covering with four bronze surgical instruments, Greek, 3000BCE-100CE. Found at Corinth, from Hamonic collection (see note)

Measurements:: Box (base & lid) x2: 25 mm x 290 mm x 135 mm,

Materials:: bronze (copper, tin alloy) , wood (unidentified) , wrought iron and lead (metal)

Object Number:: A647583/1

type:: surgical instrument set and instrument case

Bronze strigil

Bronze strigil, from a set of surgical instruments with case, Greek, found at Corinth, Greek, 3000BCE-100CE. Found at Corinth, from Hamonic collection (see note)