Strigil

1st century CE (Roman Imperial) L: 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm) Citation Source image

Strigils were used by Greeks and Romans to scrape layers of sand and oil from their bodies after exercising. The strigil and the "aryballos," a small oil container, were the basic equipment of all athletes in the ancient world. Grave steles, vases, and statues often depict ath...

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22654
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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bronze

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