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Roman Ear Scoop Toilet Article
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2008-09-13 08:33:24
Title
Roman Ear Scoop Toilet Article
Description
English: A cast copper alloy toilet spoon of Roman date. The implement measures 56mm in length and weighs 1.6g. It consists of a long narrow shaft with a circular cross-section (diameter 2mm), which has a flat circular suspension loop at one end (diameter 6.5mm) and a small oval scoop (width 5.3mm) at the other. The scoop is slightly angled and the loop has also been bent forward in the same direction. At the centre point and at each end the shaft is decorated with groups of five closely spaced circumferential lines.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 43 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 231542
Old ref: SOM-B677F3
Filename: B677F3.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/187256
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/187256/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/231542
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