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SPOON
Unique ID: SF-4AD8E2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spoon of uncertain date. The incomplete bowl and start of the stem survive intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It has a large, oval shaped bowl that is missing its outer edge due to old breaks. This tapers towards the stem, which is integrally cast, rectangular in form and section, and extends part way down the back face of the bowl as a central rib. The entire object is very worn with signs of corrosion and post-depositional damage. It measures 59.12mm in length, 34.67mm in width, 10.42mm in thickness and 9.93g in weight.
This spoon bowl is of uncertain date. Although the findspot might indicate a date range as early as the Roman period, it is perhaps more likely to be later in date and possibly as late as the Post-Medieval to Modern periods.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.12 mm
Width: 34.67 mm
Thickness: 10.42 mm
Weight: 9.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wickham Skeith
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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