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SPOON
Unique ID: HAMP-E42365
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment from a Roman cast copper-alloy spoon dating to the first to fourth century AD. The fragment comprises part of the bowl and the junction between bowl and handle. The bowl is mandolin shaped, making it a Type 3 spoon in Crummy's (1983, 69) classification. Much of the bowl has been lost after a ragged diagonal break. The bowl has flattened edges and a shallow bowl within that flares out before the break. It widens slightly at its junction with the handle (W.: 6.65mm) and ends in a double transverse ridge. Emerging at ninety degrees to the end of the bowl is a curved junction element that thins as it becomes the handle. As the junction element curves up to attain the height of the bowl there is a triangular removal on the upper surface. Beyond the handle, now with a circular cross-section, begins to curve upwards; it has been bent to one side as a result of old damage. The fragment has a dark grey-green colour with some patches of off-white corrosion product.
Class: Crummy Type 3
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 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 15.4 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 15th February 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E2882
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2735
Four figure Latitude: 51.113661
Four figure longitude: -1.615664
1:25K map: SU2735
1:10K map: SU23NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
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 | 69-70 | 2018 |
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