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SPOON

Unique ID: DOR-D6DE38

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy spoon of Crummy 1983, Type 2, probably dating to c. AD 100-410. The bowl of the spoon only remains, the handle has broken off. The bowl is shallow and pear shaped. On the reverse of there is a small rib extending from the junction with the handle, which is now missing, to the top of the bowl. The break has the same green patina as the rest of the surface suggesting the damage occurred in antiquity.
Reference: Crummy, N, 1983 Colchester Archaeological report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, p70, no. 2014.
Date: Roman.
Dimensions: 30.08 mm x 22.95 mm x 3.55 mm
Weight: 3.87 g

Class: Crummy type 2

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.08 mm
Width: 22.95 mm
Thickness: 3.55 mm
Weight: 3.87 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 017663

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Martin (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU0719
Four figure Latitude: 50.97037537
Four figure longitude: -1.90168121
1:25K map: SU0719
1:10K map: SU01NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd	pg.70	no.2014

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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