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• Object type: probe
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Image	Object Type	Find number	Broadperiod	County	Actions
	Probe	SF-F72242	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
An incomplete cast copper-alloy probe or spoon probe of Roman date. Ony the terminal and a short length of the shaft from the probe end of the object survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The shaft is cylindrical in form with pitted dark green patina and terminates at one ...
	Probe	CAM-C35FE8	Roman	Cambridgeshire	xml | csv json
Fragment of a copper-alloy artefact, probably a Roman spoon-probe for medical or cosmetic use. The shaft has a circular cross section with a diameter of 2.92mm at one broken end. At this point the shaft has not broken off neatly across the cross section and instead has formed a step across the wi...
	Probe	SF-034055	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
a probable Roman copper alloy probe terminal. It is incomplete due to old breaks, and consists of an oval-shaped terminal and length of shaft, not enough of which survives to determine whether the instrument was part of a double-ended spoon-probe. It measures 39.76mm in surviving length and 5.35m...
	Probe	SF-8A8A32	Roman	Essex	xml | csv json
A copper alloy Roman probe terminal. This is probably from a toilet spoon, but only the probe survives. The probe is solid, and an elongated oval-shape measuring 27.60mm in length and 3.66mm in width. Very similar examples are known from Roman Colchester, see also from Palgrave, Suffolk, SF-7A887...
	Probe	SF-7A8873	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
A copper alloy Roman probe terminal. This is probably from a toilet spoon, but only the probe survives. The probe is solid, and an elongated oval-shape measuring 26.25mm in length and 6.48mm in width. Very similar examples are known from Roman Colchester. Probes are thought to have been used fo...
	Probe	SF-FF6B46	Roman	Essex	xml | csv json
a copper alloy Roman probe terminal. This is probably from a toilet spoon, but only the probe and a short length of shaft, broken in antiquity, survive. The probe is solid, and an elongated oval-shape measuring 22.61mm in length. The shaft is circular in cross-section, and 1.9mm in diameter, and ...
	Probe	SF-455293	Roman	Suffolk	xml | csv json
The copper-alloy terminal of a Roman probe, only a bent fragment of the circular sectioned shaft survives and the oval shaped terminal, which also has a circular section. It measures 23.74mm in length and 5.15mm in width
	Probe	NMS-FFE583	Roman	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Romano-British Probe end of a cosmetic spoon probe. The stub of the shank has been worn to a spike. Diameter 3.5mm.
	Probe	NMS-B0FCC6	Roman	Norfolk	xml | csv json
Romano-British Fragment of probe on round section shank, probably from a doubled ended spoon-probe. Surviving length 41mm. 2nd century.