KM250 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Miniature Bronze Spoon) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Spoon

Comparanda

cf. CorinthXII, p. 184, nos. 1322, 1324, pl. 82 (G. D. Weinberg; Roman and Late Roman/Byzantine)

Comparanda

cf. Fantakis2010, pp. 733, 741, fig. 8 (tomb at Kissamos, Crete, Early Byzantine)

Comparanda

cf. Pantos1979, p. 826, pl. 612:δ (Traianopolis, Late Roman?)

Comparanda

cf. SardisM8, pp. 106–107, no. 632, pl. 41 (J. C. Waldbaum; Late Roman–Byzantine?)

Description

Bronze spoon. Long, slender stem with circular section, one pointed end and on other a miniature spoon projects at an angle from the neck. Lower stem has four rings and four eggs in alternating pattern.

Preservation description

Intact. Slight to moderate bronze disease.

Published as

Panelas2022, pp. 1066, 1067-1068, 1092, no. 713, fig. 22.10

Length

0.112

Thickness

0.005

Associated with Burial Context

Koutsongila Grave 63

Chronology comment

Context: fourth quarter 5th-early 6th century

Chronology comment

Type: Late Roman-Early Byzantine

Explanation of deposition

Funerary offering with burial in cist of grave 63 but displaced during WWII.

Material

Bronze (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRB0911-002

Location in unit

Lower fill in WWII foxhole in northwest trench.

Drawing

Photograph