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MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND 4TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
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A LARGE GROUP OF ROMAN BRONZE INSTRUMENTS
MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND 4TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
For cosmetic and medical use, including scoop-probes, ear-probes, spatula-probes, five tweezers, hooks, a tinned bronze spoon with circular bowl, oval spoons, and a probable cataract-couching needle, some of the instruments with olivary terminals, turned ornamentation and twisted shafts, and a group of six Near Eastern pins(a lot)
1½ to 7 1/8 in. (3.8 to 18cm.) long
MAINLY 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. AND 4TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
For cosmetic and medical use, including scoop-probes, ear-probes, spatula-probes, five tweezers, hooks, a tinned bronze spoon with circular bowl, oval spoons, and a probable cataract-couching needle, some of the instruments with olivary terminals, turned ornamentation and twisted shafts, and a group of six Near Eastern pins(a lot)
1½ to 7 1/8 in. (3.8 to 18cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired by Professor Henry Hofman in the mid-1940s to mid-1950s and bequested to the M. Th. Houtsma Foundation; sold by the Foundation in 1989 and acquired by the present owner.
Henry Hofman was Professor of Turkish and Altaic Studies at Utrecht University in the 1960s-1970s. He was interested in and published scientific texts in Chaghatay, and it was in this connection that he also collected Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic medical instruments.
Henry Hofman was Professor of Turkish and Altaic Studies at Utrecht University in the 1960s-1970s. He was interested in and published scientific texts in Chaghatay, and it was in this connection that he also collected Roman, Byzantine and early Islamic medical instruments.
Special notice
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