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Description: | Small spoon- or scoop-like object made from copper alloy, 86 mm long. The handle is cylindrical, 3 mm in diameter, and at one end is a small sub-rectangular scoop measuring 7 x 13 mm. This is not set perfectly symmetrically on the handle and may be damaged. At the back of the scoop the bottom of the handle is decorated with a single transverse groove. At the top of the handle, one side has been cut away or hammered down to produce a flattened, slightly expanded area. This is now incomplete, having broken across a circular perforation; the surviving dimensions are 6 x 8 mm. The object has a matt brown patina and there are traces of faint longitudinal ridges or striations. No parallel has been found; it is too substantial for a Roman ear-scoop and the bowl is too small for a Roman cosmetic implement. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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