ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Scoop and Olive-Ended Probe
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date1st Century CE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions4 13/16 x 5/16 in., 3/16 in., 3 g (12.3 x 0.8 cm, 0.4 cm, 1/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.943
Label TextThe practice of medicine in the Ptolemaic–Roman periods introduced many instruments. Probes with shafts mounting spatulas, spoons, and scoops were primarily pharmaceutical and used to measure, prepare, and apply medication. They were also utilized for exploring, cauterizing, cleaning, piercing, retracting, and scraping. Ear wax buildup was cleared with ligulas. Several of these instruments appear in relief on the north corner of the outer ambulatory in the twin temple of Horus-the-Elder and Sobek at Kom Ombo, Egypt, which dates to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 18.
ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, said to have been purchased from Hotel des Ventes, Châteauredon, France, November 29, 1974, lot 127.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
199 BCE-500 CE
199 BCE - 500 CE
199 BCE - 500 CE
199 BCE-500 CE
30-500 CE
199 BCE - 500 CE
199 BCE - 500 CE
943-525 BCE
20th Century
20th Century