Bath Utensils
A strigil, Naples Archaeological Museum. The types of utensils used in Roman Baths, Naples Archaeological Museum. (see Yegul, 1992) (see Yegul, 1992)
The picture on the left is an example of what a strigil looked like. It's curved metal blade would be used to scrape of oil from the body after bathing. The strigil would be kept in a bathers cista (a cylindrical metal box). Other utensils such in the picture on the right would also be kept in the cista. These utensils included anointing oils, probably a sponge and perfume in flags made of ampulla and alabaster. The cista would either be carried by a slave or by the bather himself.