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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman spoon of which the bowl and a portion of the stem/handle junction with the bowl remains. The bowl is a lentoid in plan. The bowl in profile is dished and the apex has holes due to damage. The junction of the bow and stem is integral to one end of the bowl, and in profile is a reversed 'C' shape with the stem protruding from the upper terminal of the C. The stem is oval in section and tapers to a blunt point, which is broken. Only a very short portion of the stem remains. The junction of the bowl and stem is twisted due to damage. The spoon has a slightly corroded surface with large patches of a shiny mid grey white metal alloy coating. Otherwise the surface has an incomplete mid green patina. It measures 60.51mm long, 26.53mm wide and 4.8mm thick across the bowl. It weighs 6.3g.The spoon dates to the Roman period, AD 43 to 410. Crummy (Crummy, N. 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-1979 Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd. P. 69) illustrates circular, drop shaped and mandolin shaped spoons. The shape of the stem/bowl junction confirms the recorded example as Roman but presently the date can't be narrowed.
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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