Large shovel, scraper

Large shovels to remove refuse from the altar
Large shovels to remove refuse from the altar (Gary Todd, Israel Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Description and usage

The scraper was used to remove the refuse from the altar after a victim had been burned. It may have resembled a kind of shovel, with which the ashes could be lifted, or a kind of rake or hoe, with which they could be scraped into the bronze pot (see Pan, pot, pail).

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