Strigil

The strigilis (Greek στλεγγίς stlengís ) is a commonly used in ancient instrument and sports equipment, were scraped with the after physical exercises or visiting the sweat bath oil, sweat and dust from the body. It consisted of a handle and a curved, concave curved front part made ​​of bronze or iron. Mostly they formed together with a sponge and Salbgefäßen as alabastra or Aryballoi sets, which works to lubricate athletes before athletic exercises and could clean it.

In addition to numerous preserved specimens using the strigilis in many representations of Greek vase painting as well as in the form of so-called Apoxiomen statues is seized (" self-wiping ").