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Description: | Incomplete Roman cast copper alloy toilet or cosmetic spoon. The handle has a circular cross section and it is damaged and bent out of shape. There is a moulded dounle collar before the incomplete elongated cupped scoop. It has a dark green patina. The handle has a diameter of 2.14mm, the collar 3.48mm. The survining section of the scoop is 2.83mm wide, expanding to 5.95mm at the break. The scoop is 0.81mm thick and has a depth of 1.96mm. It weighs 2.05 grams. It is similar to examples in CAR 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, page 60 figure 1921.
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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