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SPOON
Unique ID: SUR-B989E3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Roman spoon bowl of circular form with a white metal surface coating. Projecting from the bowl are the remains of an oval-section handle. The back of the bowl is decorated with worn curvilinear scrolling lines made from punched dots. The spoon belongs to Sherlock's Group C (David Sherlock, The backs of Roman spoons in Britain. Britannia Vol. 31. (2000), pp. 365-370).
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This is a find of note and has been designated: Potential for inclusion in Britannia
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.85 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B13-430
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bradfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6074
Four figure Latitude: 51.461803
Four figure longitude: -1.137736
1:25K map: SU6074
1:10K map: SU67SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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