guy Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) Bulgaria seems to be a place of many newly discovered finds. I also learned about the containers known as a balsamarium or unguentarium, many times used for oil. I’m not sure, however, why a strigil would also be in his grave. Quote “While excavating a mound in southeastern Bulgaria, archaeologists uncovered the third-century A.D. brick grave of a man aged 35 to 40. Among the objects buried with him were a tool used to scrape oil from the skin known as a strigil and a finely crafted copper alloy vessel called a balsamarium“ https://www.archaeology.org/issues/366-2001/trenches/8255-digs-bulgaria-roman-bath-buddy Edited August 22, 2021 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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