Batillum

Batillum

Batillum or vatillum was an ancient Roman iron shovel with a short handle used for various purposes, especially as a fire-shovel, chafing-dish, and for burning incense. ["Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities" by Harry Thurston Peck (1898), [http://www.chlt.org/sandbox/perseus/harper/page.1513.a.php p. 1514] .]

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