spoon

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Object Type: spoon
Museum number: 1981,0201.57
Description: Duck-handled silver spoon (ligula or cignus) with niello inscription DEIFAVBLOTVGI in the bowl. Oval, very slightly keeled bowl with a coiled handle and an outward-facing duck-head. The latter has a slender upcurved beak.
Cultures/periods: Romano-British
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Gallows Hill (Thetford Hoard)
Materials: silver; niello
Technique: nielloed
Dimensions: Length: 92 millimetres; Weight: 28.90 grammes; Width: 46 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For more details, and examples of parallels, see Johns and Potter (1983) 'The Thetford Treasure: Roman Jewellery and Silver' Cat. 57
Bibliographic references: Johns & Potter 1983 / The Thetford Treasure. Roman Jewellery and Silver (Cat. 57); R I B / The Roman Inscriptions of Britain (II.2, 2420.14, pp. 130-1)
Location: On display (G49/dc23)
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 2008 10 May-14 Dec, Thetford, The Ancient House Museum, The Thetford Treasure 1982-1983 8 Sep-10 Jan, Norwich Castle Museum, The Thetford Treasure
Acquisition name: Treasure Trove: HM Treasury
Acquisition date: 1981
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1981,0201.57
Conservation: Treatment: 06 May 1997; Treatment: 26 Jan 1993; Treatment: 17 Jul 1981; Treatment: 16 Feb 2009; Treatment: 09 May 2007; Treatment: 09 May 2007; Treatment: 09 May 2007; treatment: 2 10 24

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