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SPOON
Unique ID: SF5229
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small spoon, probably made of a copper alloy. The bowl is drop-shaped, with one end rounded and the other end with very slightly curved sides tapering up to the handle. The handle consists of an oval-section stem (2.5 x 3 mm) which tapers up to a bent, split and broken end. Total surviving length 85 mm, maximum width of bowl 18 mm, thickness from front to back of bowl 4 mm. The joint between the handle and the bowl is absolutely straight with no off-set and very little moulding where the handle runs into the back of the bowl. A silvery coating is probably the remains of tinning.
The dating of this spoon is a little tricky; it is rather small for a Roman spoon, and lacks the characteristic off-set that drop-shaped bowls tend to have. The only other possibility is that it is fairly modern, 18th to 20th century; but these have oval bowls and a rather machine-made character, and so a modern date is unlikely.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 85 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 4.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WICKHAM SKEITH
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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