Record ID: SF-E0F945
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver spoon bowl. It is shallow and circular, 26mm in diameter, with a convex moulding within the bowl, c.3mm below the rim. It is complete except for a short length of rim, broken off just above the moulding. The underside of the bowl shows an oval scar where the handle would have been attached. The spoon bowl weighs 4.74g. Roman round spoon bowls have been found at Colchester and are classified as type 1 by Crummy who dates them to the second half of the 1st century and the 2nd centry AD. The Colchester example is copper-alloy with a white metal coating (Crummy 1983, 69…
Created on: Monday 28th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.