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SPOON
Unique ID: LEIC-A45C60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman silver spoon of plain and simple form, 99mm long, 21mm wide and 5mm deep. The object is in fair condition with a grey patina and weighs 10.48grams. The object consists of a circular sectioned tapering handle that ends in a point and is bent approximately one third in from the end. The bowl is joined to the handle by an offset, 5mm in diameter and is decorated with a ridge, along the line of the angle. Below this point the shaft is 'pinched' before widening out to form the bowl which may have been oval or pear-shaped in form but is broken towards the tip. The bowl is thin and flat.
There are a few similar spoons on the database, the closest being NMGW-91FCC3 which is dated tentatively as Late Roman.
Notes:
As the object is made of silver and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the stipulations of The Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T110
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 99 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 10.48 g
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T110
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Clawson, Hose and Harby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7431
Four figure Latitude: 52.87139627
Four figure longitude: -0.90206091
1:25K map: SK7431
1:10K map: SK73SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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