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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy spoon handle of Roman date. It is missing the bowl and perhaps part of the handle tip due to old breaks. The handle is square in section, tapering to the tip end, which is slightly pointed and is perhaps incomplete due to old breaks. There is a slight bend in the handle probably resultant from post-depositional damage. At the bowl end the handle is flattened and curves downwards towards the now missing bowl, which would have caused the bowl to be off-set from the handle, with a slight projection visible above the curve in line with the remainder of the handle. The tip of the bowl end begins to expand horizontally indicating where the now missing bowl would have extended. The entire object has a corroded green patina and measures 61.36mm in length, 2.97mm in width, 3.32mm in thickness at bowl end, 8.25mm in height at bowl end, and weighs 3.29g.This is an incomplete Roman spoon handle similar to other examples noted from Suffolk (for example SF-EC8853, SF-89DEA4 or SF-4F8A11). It is of probable 3rd-4th century AD date.
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