KM1976-002 (Bronze Miniature Spoon) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Description
Miniature spoon with long, thin shaft that tapers toward butt end, thickens along lower middle in decorated zone, and then tapers slightly to bowl. Wider panel framed by two grooves at thickest diameter of shaft; irregular grooves around shaft, some angled(?), between panel and bowl. Bowl is ovoid.
Preservation comment
Intact bowl and roughly three quarters of shaft surviving; butt end snapped off. Slight to moderate bronze disease obscures decoration along distal shaft.
Diameter
0.002
Preserved length
0.087
Other Dimensions
max. W. bowl 0.007
Material
Bronze (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KM1976-002 (Bronze Miniature Spoon).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/km1976-002>