xylospongium
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thumb|A replica xylospongium (sponge on a stick) thumb|Ancient Roman latrines in Ostia Antica
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It sits within the topics Culture of ancient Greece, Culture of ancient Rome and History of water supply and sanitation.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- sanitation
- Has part
- stick
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- Xylospongium.jpg
- Has use
- toilet brush
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- facet of
- latrine
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thumb|A replica xylospongium (sponge on a stick) thumb|Ancient Roman latrines in Ostia Antica
The xylospongium or tersorium, also known as a "sponge on a stick", was an utensil found in ancient Roman latrines, consisting of a wooden stick (Greek: , xylon) with a sea sponge (Greek: , spongos) fixed at one end.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “xylospongium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.