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Handle of a wax spatula in the shape of Minerva from Bratislava-Rusovce

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Bazovský I.
Zborník Slovenského národného múzea Archeológia
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2023
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issue 117
171-178
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In Bratislava-Rusovce they have found a surface find consisting in a handle of a copper alloy spatula with a bust of Minerva. Originally, this spatula had an iron blade and it was used to spread wax on wooden writing tablets. It is a type of spatula used mainly in southern Britannia, north-western Gaul and Rhineland. In the Danubian provinces it is only rarely observed and the few pieces date back to the 2nd and 3rd century AD. The depiction of Minerva on the handle of the spatula has to do with her function as patroness of learning. The object is made of copper alloy, zinc, lead, and tin.
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