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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy spoon handle of Roman date. It is missing the bowl and most of the handle tip due to old breaks. The handle is square in section at the bowl end, changing to a circular section approximately one third of the way down its surviving length, before terminating in old breaks. At the bowl end the handle is flattened and curves downwards towards the now missing bowl, a rectangular notch visible at the bowl end to produce a slight projecting knop above the join between handle and bowl. A very small, flat and slightly curved horizontal section of the bowl survives, but not enough remains to enable identification of its size or form. The entire object has a green/brown patina and traces of an added white metal coating. It measures 30.06mm in length, 2.55mm in thickness at bowl end, 10.15mm in height at bowl end, and weighs 1.61g.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.
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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