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Toilet Item : Roman
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York Museums Trust, Ellie Cox, 2012-09-13 14:46:14
Title
Toilet Item : Roman
Description
English: A complete cast copper-alloy toilet spoon of Roman date (AD 43-410). The spoon consists of a sub rectangular scoop with a retained, domed central rivet, a bent linear shaft, at its terminating end is a small circular, concave spoon or scoop.

These spoons are frequently referred to as ear scoops, however it is also suggested that those with both a circular and rectangular end were used for the removal of cosmetics from bottles and there application.

The metal is a dark brown in colour.

Crummy, Pg 60, No 1897.

Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 520490
Old ref: YORYM-1E2C41
Filename: BB 746.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/396793
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/396793/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/520490
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Object location53° 50′ 29.4″ N, 0° 30′ 50.61″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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