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COSMETIC SPOON
Unique ID: BH-986DC2
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An unidentified copper-alloy artefact.
The widest part of the artefact is located a short distance below centre, where there is a cylindrical moulding with a simple grooved and ridged moulding at either end. A rectangular-sectioned bar projects upwards from above this moulding, tapering towards the apex, where it terminates in what appears to be the remains of a loop. Projecting below the cylindrical moulding is a flat-sectioned piece which decreases in thickness as it flares towards the distal end, where longitudinal grooves divide the surface into three segments, the central one of which protrudes.
Length: 53.7mm; maximum width: 5.8mm; thickness: 5.8mm; weight: 3.8g.
No parallel could be found for this piece, but its form suggests it may be a cosmetic implement; alternatively, it could be part of a stylus. The patination is indicative of a probable Roman to Medieval date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.7 mm
Width: 5.8 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 3.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/36 - 14
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Uncertain
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Great and Little Chishill
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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