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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy handle from a Roman 'mandolin' spoon. The shaft of the handle is rectangular in section, 2.7mm thick and 3.92mm at the widest point. It is only 60.56mm long and tapers to a blunt point. The point is worn and it is not clear if there has been a break, though it would seem unlikely that the handle was so short. Instead it is possible that the break edge is well worn, suggesting that such damage could have occurred in antiquity. At the broad end is an integral projection that is 13.2mm in length from top to bottom. 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 (at the handle end), 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 decorated with a series of short incised lines or strokes (at least 6) to the top and either side of the handle, towards the bowl end. The underneath of the handle is plain. The original surface survives with a dark green patina. The object It weighs 4.3g.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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