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Culture
Roman, Byzantine, Abbasid, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium
Bronze
Credit Line
Gift in Loving Memory of Boris Blick & Judith Rosenbloom Blick by their daughter Sarah Blick, 2024
Accession Number
2015.166.2
Provenance
Purchased from Bruce Ferrini of Akron, Ohio.
Description
The dealer advertised this item as a stylus, but its function is not clear. It may have been a pin for clothing, or a kohl stick. A similar kohl stick can be found in James Allan, Nishapur: Metalwork of the Early Islamic Period (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982). p. 76, fig. 84.