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SPOON
Unique ID: DENO-AC346D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small copper-alloy spoon of unknown date. The surface is badly corroded, with a small hole having been formed by corrosion in the bowl of the artefact. Despite the corrosion there is evidence of some decoration along the length of the handle, in the form a few transverse lines, with plain bands in between. Length 69.5mm, Width across bowl 12.5mm, Width across handle 3.6mm, Thickness 1.9mm, Weight 3.34g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.5 mm
Width: 12.5 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 3.34 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8905
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: North East Derbyshire (District)
Parish or ward: Holmesfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3176
Four figure Latitude: 53.28007646
Four figure longitude: -1.53653247
1:25K map: SK3176
1:10K map: SK37NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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