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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy handle from a Roman 'mandolin' spoon. The incomplete shaft of the handle is rectangular in section, 2.28mm thick and tapers dramatically from 3mm to 1.64mm at the break point. The break point is worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. At the broad end is an integral projection, narrower than the shaft at 2.74mm. In profile it is curved in a half C-shape. There is a small projecting knop on the same plain and thickness at the top of the curve, and at the bottom of the curve is an integral transverse, flange. The projection is where the separate mandolin-shaped bowl of the spoon would have been attached. The handle shaft is heavily abraded and pitted but appears plain. There is an incised line running across and down each side of the object where the projection extends from the end of the broad end of the shaft. The original surface survives with a dark green patina, exposed surfaces are lighter green. The handle has a surviving length of 52.36mm, of which 14.16mm is the projection. It weighs 3.47g. An example of a mandolin shaped spoon can be seen in Cunliffe, 1968, Fifth report on the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent, plate XLIV, number 180. This report states that such spoon are usually dated to the 3rd or 4th centuries, though an example is known from a 2nd century context. However, though no examples were found in Colchester, Crummy, 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, suggests that this type of spoon was in use throughout the Roman period.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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