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SPOON
Unique ID: SF2196
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy folding spoon; handle and bowl detached; iron linking pin for hinge missing; mandolin-shaped bowl deeply recessed with the remains of a white metal coating on the inner surface; hinge-plate at back of bowl set at right-angles to plane of bowl, remains of iron cross-pin through perforation; handle is in the form of a profiled lion, the outstretched front legs develop into a slot which engages with the flange on the bowl; the moulded head is placed behind the slot; the underside of the handle has a deeply recessed groove; handle broken at other end.
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 91.5 mm
Width: 25.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK CAMPSEY ASH
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crummy, N. | 1983 | Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9 | Colchester | Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd | 69, fig. 73 | No. 2020 |
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