Object Image

Bronze fork

Unknown Artist

The object was probably used as a surgical instrument, although this attribution cannot be proven and it may have been a general-purpose household utensil.

Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

c. 1st-3rd century A.D.

Bronze

12.5 cm

74.51.5485

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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