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SPOON
Unique ID: BH-D0F545
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy spoon, dating from the Roman period.
The stem is of rectangular section, tapering towards a pointed distal end and having an upward bend just over halfway along. A short distance from the bowl end, the sides of the stem bulge outwards; at this point the two upper corners have been 'toothed' by a number of transverse incisions. A 'U-shaped' downward step joins the stem to the remaining fragment of the bowl. The surfaces of the spoon have been tinned or silvered.
Dimensions: length: 102.2mm; width: 4mm; height at step: 11.2mm. Weight: 8.28g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 409
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 102.2 mm
Height: 11.2 mm
Width: 4 mm
Weight: 8.28 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 13/67 - 2
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Winterbourne St. Martin
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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