Record ID: NLM-5F98A3
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ear Scoop, as identified by finder. Cast rod with a square-section mid-shaft, and a round-section end terminating in a tiny scoop at one end, now bent; the other end is lost. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400. Length (as found): 60.9mm, Width (central part): 3.4mm, Thickness (central part): 3.8mm, Weight: 5.29gms.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-952B06
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ear Scoop, as identified by finder. Cast near-flat spoon with a tapering handle (other end lost), with an incised triangle on/in the bowl and horizontal hatching affording grip on the handle. A central dimple is impressed on the underside of the bowl, showing as a faint mark on the decorated side. Bent in the same plane. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400, though an Anglo-Saxon date is also possible, angular incised decoration being common to later Roman and Germanic metalwork. Length (as found): 42mm, Width (bowl): 8.1mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 1.70gms.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D6FE17
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Post Medieval? copper alloy ear scoop, 49mm long, 6mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.60 grams. The object is linear in form and rectangular in section. It consists of a twisted bar which has a spoon-like flattened terminal at both ends, suggesting it is an ear scoop. The object has been bent to form a U shape, its original length would be 97mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-ED4B62
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy object, quite possibly part of a Roman toilet article, probably an ear scoop. The object has a slightly flared terminal and tapers towards a break. It is curved, although it is not clear whether this is a result of damage or design. It is entirely undecorated. It measures 33.07 mm long, 4.69 mm wide, 2.25 mm thick. It weighs 2.2 grams. It has an abraded green patina. Other Roman finds recovered from the general area support a likely Roman date for this object.
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-B56DD1
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman ear scoop. The stem of the object is rectangular in section. It probably belonged to a suspended manicure set; there is a perforation for suspension at the end opposite the scoop. The stem is perpendicular to the angle of the loop; it is wide and flat and tapers to 2.71mm just before the bowl of the shallow concave scoop which measures 3.63mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM5358
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small roman ear spoon.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2001
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE LUDFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-0BCA74
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman cosmetic or surgical implement. The fragment is the scoop from an ear scoop or a spoon-probe. The scoop is small and narrow, and such scoops tend to be associated with the surgical ear scoop as opposed to the small cupped types which are thought to have been for cosmetic use. However, spoon-probes, used for the application of cosmetics also have a narrow scoop, and without the rest of the artefact it is difficult to determine whether this is a surgical or cosmetic article. Some examples of scoops are demonstrated in Crummy 'The Roman Small Finds From Excavations …
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-54B445
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Cosmetic implement; possibly an ear scoop. Cast rectangular section rod tapering towards a tiny scoop at one end, and towards a now rounded end at the other. Traces of linear decoration, or perhaps grooves facilitating suspension, appear towards the rounded end. Smoothed or polished, perhaps by wear. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400. Length: 49.6mm, Width: 5.5mm, Thickness: 4.0mm, Weight: 4.28gms.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9C4D03
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Ligula or scoop, 90mm long and 6mm wide. The object consists of a shallow elongated bowl, 25mm long and 6mm at its widest point, which is missing its end. This terminates with an indented bead attached to a shaft. The shaft is circular and 3mm in diameter and has short diagonal incisions running along its surface for c. 20mm. It terminates in a oval shaped bulge which is 11mm long and 5mm wide. The shaft appears to have been deliberately bent three quarters of the way along its length.
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-28CDC5
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy ligular or spoon-probe, 109mm long and 6mm at widest part. The item has an oval shaped bulge, which is circular in cross section, 13mm long and 3.5mm wide at one end. This narrows to form a shaft which starts 1.5mm wide and very gradually widens to 4mm. At this point, 22mm from the end the object tapers in sharply and a band of decoration begins. The decoration consists of two eliptical knops 5mm wide, above this is a balustrade? or pear-shaped bulge 6mm wide. The object then tapers outwards slightly and terminates with a band made up of three pronounced ridges. The …
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LIN-CFABA7
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy toilet implement. The implement has a broken shaft with two pairs of collars at the scoop-end. The shaft of the scoop is bent towards the right. The scoop is circular. It is unclear whether the bend is intentional or damage. The implement was probably used as an ear scoop.
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-C18E94
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ear scoop, cast copper alloy. Handle of the scop is cylindrical and bent. Base of the handle is decorated withy a single transverse groove. At the opposite end it has been hammered flat. See similar record: SF7885
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7F1F63
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy ear scoop or nail cleaner, of probable Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410 AD). The ear scoop is sub rectangular in plan, with a circular section in the centre of the shank. One end of the ear scoop is incomplete and consists of a forked end. The other end has an oval shaped concave end. The ear scoop measures 74.55 mm in length, 4.85 mm wide and 5.10 mm thick. It weighs 3.4 g. The ear scoop is a mid to dark brown colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the origin…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-65F661
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object, probably a Roman ear scoop or associated probe. The object consists of a two-ended implement, with one end comprising a pyriform-shaped flat disc and the other a broken sub-oval smaller scoop or suspension loop. The sub-oval shaft in between these terminals is decorated at least halfway with simple incised rings around its circumference and a more closely set series of three rings directly below the small scoop or suspension loop. The larger end would have been used as either a medical probe or ear scoop and was probably originally cupped sli…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-E0F9D7
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy object, possibly a Roman ear scoop.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: OXON-DBEF8E
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but bent and twisted double ended toilet article, probably an ear scoop. The artefact would have originally been a straight cylindrical bar (c.2.3mm diameter) with two terminals which flatten and widen into elongated drop shaped (piriform) scoops with convex bottoms and concave tops. However at some point it appear to have been bent roughly in its middle into a U-shape with both the terminals then bent at 90 degrees. The artefact is a mid green colour all over. In its bent form the object is 39.7mm long and each terminal is 5.5mm wide. It is possible to sugge…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ramsden CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BD6CE8
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy toilet article often termed an ear scoop dating to the Roman period c. AD 200-402. The ear scoop is flat/rectangular in cross section, save for the circular spoon bowl which is domed and convex on one side and concave on the other to provide a regularly shaped bowl. At the top of the object is an oval attachment loop that is 7.4mm long and 7.6mm wide. At its centre is a circular hole that has a diameter of 3.1mm. Extending from the bottom of the attachment loop is a 3.9mm long neck that has slightly concave sides. Below the neck, the body of the scoop first …
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-E3BC3B
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy object, probably Roman, dating from c. AD 43- 410. The object is possibly an ear scoop, or a medicinal spoon. At one end there is a shallow bowl, this is sub oval in shape and slightly concave. From one of the narrow edges of the bowl a shank projects, this is circular in cross section. This narrows and ends in a worn break. The object has a mid green patina, and measures 31.6mm in length, 5.8mm in width, and weighs 8.71g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-77EC94
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy ear scoop. The flat-sectioned body, slightly bent, is 'leaf shaped', the sides bowing outwards at the top before becoming parallel, tapering towards the bottom, where there is an oval scoop. A line of herringbone incisions extends vertically down the centre of the upper surface. The neck is located at the top and consists of a solid cylinder, separated from the body by a simple moulding. The loop has been lost in antiquity. Length: 44.5mm; width: 7.7mm; maximum thickness (handle): 2.4mm; weight: 1.75g. Three similar ear scoops are recorded on the PAS data…
Created on: Friday 21st February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-8F6032
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy ear-scoop. The artefact is of flat section, has round shoulders and gradually decreases in width and thickness, towards the base, where there is a circular, concave scoop. Both surfaces are decorated with a vertical groove which extends from top to bottom; on the reverse there is the trace of an addtional, parallel groove. At the apex is a circular loop, set at 90 degrees to the rest of the object. Dimensions: 51.5mm long, 9.1mm wide, 1.4mm thick. Weight: 3.38g. Ear-scoops are relatively common finds in Roman excavations (see, for example, Stead and Rigby…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bledlow cum Saunderton', grid reference and parish protected.