The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 17, 2026

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

(?)
silver
Overall: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1956.36
Location: 104 Late Antiquity
  • reportedly found near Latakia, Syria. (Milton Girod, Sarthe, France).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 48 archive.org
    Milliken, William. "Early Byzantine Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35-40. Mentioned: p. 39; Reproduced: p. 46 www.jstor.org
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.36