Sunderland, Roman silver spoon

HER Number:
60

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, Roman silver spoon

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Food Preparation and Consumption

Site Type: Broad:
Food Preparation Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Spoon

General Period:
Roman

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
A Roman silver spoon with a short hooked handle was found near Sunderland, with its damaged bowl inscribed "...NE VIVAS" (likely to have read "BENE VIVAS" when the spoon was perfect). The exact provenance and present location of the Roman silver spoon is unclear, but it is not in Sunderland Museum.

Easting:
41

Northing:
57

Grid Reference:
NZ4157

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 60 >> A. Way, 1869, Bronze Relics of the Late Celtic Period, Archaeological Journal, Vol. 26, p. 76 O.M. Dalton, 1922, Roman Spoons from Dorchester, Antiquaries Journal, Vol. II, p. 90n. J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27 Ordnance Survey archaeological record card, JHO, 1952, Roman silver spoon