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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

New views on the forfex of Virilis the veterinarian: shears, emasculator or twitch?

During the excavations of the Roman period rural settlements and cemetery in Tiel-Passewaaij (The Netherlands), a large pair of pincers was found. Following an article from 1973, the object was published as an emasculator at first. More.

Labels: dig, netherlands, roman empire

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