Espatomele medical probe sonde. 17×1,5×0,5cm

Description

Reproduction of an instrument of Roman origin made in lost wax bronze.

Measurements: Length: 17 cm. Width: 1.5 cm. Depth: 0.5 cm.

Reproduction of a Espatomele, a medical probe with a duck-billed tip.  The original is in the Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia in Barcelona.

Probe-type spoon, the morphology of which consists of a long rod with a circular cross-section with ornaments near the blade. The end of the spoon is oval-shaped for stirring the liquid components or creams; the spatula was used to apply them. An instrument of medicine and pharmacy from the 1st century AD.