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SPOON
Unique ID: BERK-834A36
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman copper alloy fragment of a spoon (circa 100-300 AD). The remains of the spoon bowl suggests that originally it was mandolin-shaped. There is the typical decorative moulding forming an off-set curve at the junction between the bowl and the handle. The handle and greater part of the bowl are missing. Dimensions: weight 4.12g
Notes:
Found during the Weekend Wanderers King Alfred the Great Rally 26-28 Aug
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 26th August 2006
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - King Alfred the Great 06
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket no. Ylo 277
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Letcombe Regis
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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