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Description: | A cast copper-alloy spoon dating to the first half of the second century AD. The spoon is broken and incomplete, and only the handle and a very small part of the bowl survive. The handle is offset from the remains of the bowl and tapers towards the end. Before the handle reaches the bowl there are a series of slightly raised ridges before a hump, then a semi-circular groove and then a lug which projects forward towards the bowl. The top of this lug appears to be broken. Underneath this lug, emerging from the offset handle, there is a curved projection from which the bowl of the spoon emerges. As the bowl is incomplete it is difficult to determine its original shape, although the curved remains suggest it was either round or pear shaped. The handle is decorated with incised linear decoration on the hump and projecting lug. Most of the surface metal of the spoon has been abraded but where this survives it has a dark green patina. Small patches of what at first looks like gilding appears under a microscope to be caused by accidental polishing of the metal whilst it was in the ground, and is probably not original surface treatment. The remains of the spoon measure 74.75 mm long, 3.00 mm wide 2.68 mm thick and weigh 5.8 grams. It can be classified as a Crummy Type 2 spoon as it has a pear shaped bowl. Similar spoons are illustrated in Crummy (1983, Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979, pages 69-70; figs 2014-2016).These types of spoon were manufactured throughout the Roman period (Crummy 1983, 69).
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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