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Spoon

300s CE

Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period

Medium
silver
Measurements
Overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Weight: 25.2 g (0.89 oz.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1956.36
Public Domain
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Location
104 Late Antiquity
Print
A silver spoon features a long handle tapering to a sharp point, its lower section patterned with stacked horizontal rings. This joins a shallow oval bowl facing forward. Inside, three characters are inscribed vertically: a triangle resembling a Greek delta, followed by the letters K and B. The dull gray metal surface shows tarnish and wear throughout.

Spoon

300s CE

Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period

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