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Description: | A Roman copper alloy toilet spoon. This could have been used for a variety of purposes, such as extracting cosmetics from flasks, boxes or small pots (Milne 1970, in Crummy 1983; 59). There are examples from Stead (in 1986; 132: figs 243 - 248), Allison - Jones (in Holbrock and Bidwell, 1991; 257 - 258: fig 112) and Crummy (1983; 60: fig 1899).
The artefact itself has suffered some damage in that it has been bent, interestingly as perhaps a hair pin might have been, possibly suggesting a secondary use for the artifact. The head is flat and has a diameter of 5.80mm and is 0.62mm thick. The diameter of the shank is 1.96mm and is largest around the middle. At the bottom of the artifact it tapers into a point, and at just below the head the shank is 1.79mm in diameter. | 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
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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