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<rdf:RDF xmlns:schema="//schema.org/" xmlns:rdf="//www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><schema:VisualArtwork><schema:image>http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1114801/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull</schema:image><schema:name>Scraper (strigil)</schema:name><schema:dateCreated>about 350–290 B.C.</schema:dateCreated><schema:artMedium>Bronze</schema:artMedium><schema:description>The front of the strigil handle is decorated with incised lines in a floral motif, while the back is in the form of a tree stem. On the reverse of the front part there is a stamped inscription in Greek "of (or by) Apollodoros" (retrograde). The handle has been joined to the scraper. Although a practical object, and one that frequently must have become quite dirty, this trigil is incised with a beautiful vine motif on the handle. The strigil may have belonged to an athlte named Apollodoros.

Condtion: The patina of the former is dark green and the latter more blue.</schema:description><schema:artForm>Tools and equipment</schema:artForm><schema:height>27.0000000000 Centimeter</schema:height><schema:url>http://collections.mfa.org/objects/153253/rdf</schema:url></schema:VisualArtwork></rdf:RDF>