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Description: | Fragment of a Roman spoon which dates to the 1st ? 2nd century AD. The spoon is made of cast copper alloy and is incomplete.
All that remains of the spoon is the bowl and the base of the handle. In plan the bowl is circular and concave. The bowl is 21.9mm in diameter and 4.7mm deep. The bowl is slightly damaged and a small portion of it is now missing. Green patches of copper corrosion are visible on the interior and exterior of the bowl where it has been damaged. The spoon has an integral handle which is 2.1mm wide. The upper face of the handle is decorated by three traverse ridges and two traverse grooves. The rest of the handle is missing. The spoon has been plated with a white metal alloy, most probably silver or tin.
| 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 | Temporal: | 43
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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