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SPOON
Unique ID: BH-34A710
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Part of a Roman spoon, made from copper alloy.
The top of the stem has been lost in antiquity, and much of the bowl is also missing. The upper third of the surviving portion of the stem is of oval cross-section; the lower two thirds are of rectangular section, tapering at the bowl end, where there is a downward step with U-shaped notch in its upper surface. The remnant of the bowl extends forwards from this step. Traces of silvering or tinning survive across much of the surviving piece.
Length: 43.7mm; width: 9.5mm; height: 8.5mm. Weight: 3.39g.
As the dating of Roman spoons is usually based on the shape of the bowl (see De La Bédoyère 1989: 102), precise dating of this piece is not currently possible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.7 mm
Height: 8.5 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Weight: 3.39 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/1 - 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Princes Risborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| de la Bedoyere, G. | 1989 | The Finds of Roman Britain | London | Batsford Ltd |
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