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Description: | A Roman copper alloy white metal coated spoon bowl with part of integral handle dating to the period c.AD 100-300. The bowl itself is pear-shaped and tapers towards a the handle. The reverse of the spoon bowl is convex and becomes more shallow towards the junction of the joint with a raised transverse rib across the obverse above the joint. The curve of the joints suggest that the handle would have been slighly offset from the bowl, but now terminates in an old break. The whole object has been surface treated with a white metal coating to give the appearance of silver. The spoon bowl now measures 43.92mm in length, 21.27mm wide, 3.26mm deep at the bowl, 5.26mm thick at the handle and weighs 6.17g.According to Crummy (1988: 69-70), who illustrates two very similar spoons No 2012 and No 2014 these spoons with pear shaped bowls were in production from the first half of the second century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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