Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32806 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman metal find |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1997 recovered part of a Roman spoon.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 69 00 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60SE |
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| Parish: | STOKE FERRY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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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. |
Related records - none
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