spoon
- Museum number
- 1899,0425.28
- Description
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Spoon; silver; pear-shaped bowl only, engraved on the under side with a symmetrical foliate design, once ending in a vertical disc, from the upper edge of which issued a straight baluster handle; the bowl interior with a hare to left in relief.
- Production date
- 650 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 257.50 millimetres (complete)
- Curator's comments
- Found with 1899,0425.1-27
Bibliography: Archaeologia 1900 vol.lvii, pl.xviii p.171, figs.15-16.
For a recent history of the excavation of the Treasure see: R Merrillees, 2009. 'The modern history of the first Lambousa treasure of Byzantine silverware from Cyprus.' Antiquaries Journal 89, 1-15.
- Location
- On display (G41/dc14/sA)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2001 10 Oct-2002 10 Jan, Greece, Thessaloniki, The White Tower, Byzantine Hours
- Condition
- Bowl fragment only.
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1899,0425.28