Benwell, Condercum Fort, Silver Spoon

HER Number:
5444

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Benwell, Condercum Fort, Silver Spoon

Place:
Benwell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Food Preparation and Consumption

Site Type: Broad:
Food Preparation Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Spoon

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:
C1

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Unusually large Roman spoon found at Benwell Fort during excavations by James Petch in 1926. It has an oval bowl with inside rim. The handle is in three roughly equal lengths. The spoon is 170mm long. The bowl is 41mm wide. EDX analysis by University of Newcastle shows that it is made of over 99% silver with minute traces of copper and iron.

Easting:
216

Northing:
647

Grid Reference:
NZ216647

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5444 >> D. Sherlock, 1999, Silver Spoon from Benwell Roman Fort, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5, xxvii, p176-178 J.A. Petch, 1927, Excavations at Benwell (Condercum), Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, (1927), p135-192