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SPOON

Unique ID: BERK-7D696A

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Roman spoon fragment. The bowl is missing as is the stem terminal. The stem is broken towards the tip, it appears to have been an old break. The upper face has transverse ribbing. The junction of the stem and bowl has a 'U' shaped section and to one edge two undulations. Ref: Crummy No 2014.

Notes:

Rally Record Blue 273

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 51.04 mm
Width: 10.96 mm
Thickness: 3.39 mm
Weight: 2.63 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2016

Rally details.

This object was found at XP Rally Milton-under-Wychwood 2016

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Shipton-under-Wychwood (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP2717
Four figure Latitude: 51.850946
Four figure longitude: -1.60942009
1:25K map: SP2717
1:10K map: SP21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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