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Spouted cups such as this are called in Persian today shakh-i hajamat ("the horn of the cupper"). They were used in medicine for bloodletting. The cup was placed on the skin and by sucking on the tube the physician would create a vacuum that would pull the blood to the surface. The cup would then be removed and a small incision made to allow the blood to flow.
AM32589. cupping glass; cf. Al-Sabah 34b, Newark Museum 538, 5 cm (2") high, clear green-aquamarine, sides curved, narrowing from rim to base, thick bottom, remains of attached spout, pipe entirely missing; SOLD
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