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Roman copper alloy spoon
The bowl and a small length of the handle of a much damaged silvered copper alloy spoon. The line of the handle is continued as a tapering rib down the back of the bowl. On the front, the bowl has a ridged and moulded lip. the small, rounded bowled spoon of this type, the cochleare, was common in the first and second centuries AD, though its popularity declined in the second century.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Acquisition
Donation, 2/3/1982
Measurements
length / mm:25
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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