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Iron Age copper alloy spoon (electrotype)
With a shallow pointed oval bowl which is incised to form quadrants, one of which is perforated. The broad flat handle is decorated in low relief with assymetrical La Tene scrolls. The handle of the original is slightly damaged.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
22.326/3
Find Information
Site Name: Castell Nadolig, Penbryn
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1829
Notes: the original was found under a heap of stones within a widely-spaced concentric earthwork of south-western Early Iron Age type. It is now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Acquisition
Purchase, 5/7/1922
Measurements
length / mm:120.0
width / mm:74.0
Material
electrotype
Location
Metalwork and Art
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