SPOON 938948

Description: 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

Date: 100 - 410

Object type: SPOON

Last import: September 22, 2022