Record Details

NHER Number:32806
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman metal find

Summary

Metal detecting in 1997 recovered part of a Roman spoon.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 69 00
Map Sheet:TF60SE
Parish:STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

April 1997. Metal detecting.
Hammered sheet bronze leaf-shaped 'spoon' with part of twisted handle. Strong longitudinal ridge on flat 'bowl'. Upper surface edged with dot-in-circle motifs. Probably part of a Roman spoon probe or toilet spoon.
Identified by V. Fryer (NCM). (S1) in NCM.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 29 May 1997.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • SURGICAL INSTRUMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TOILET ARTICLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

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