oculist's stamp

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Object Type: oculist's stamp
Museum number: 1882,0819.1
Description: Stone oculist's stamp of green schist, bearing the names of two practicioners and with graffiti on both faces which aided selection of the appropriate stamp.
Cultures/periods: Romano-British
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Biggleswade, Found in 1873 in a ballast-pit near Biggleswade railway station.
Materials: stone
Dimensions: Length: 54 millimetres; Width: 40 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: R I B / The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (2446.2); Jackson 2023 / Greek and Roman Medicine at the British Museum: the Instruments and Accoutrements of Ancient Medicine (3.141)
Location: On display (G49/dc4)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2001 11 Jun-16 Sep, Leeds, Henry Moore Institute, The Sculpted World
Acquisition name: Donated by: John Clay Lucas
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1882,0819.1

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