Spoon
A silver spoon with an oval-shaped bowl. The circumference of the bowl is decorated with an elaborate engraved rope-type motif. The bowl itself is decorated with an engraved double axe motif with each of the blades a pelta. Above and below the double-axe are further engraved motifs, one reminiscent of a scallop shell. It has been suggested that this motif is so unusual that it must have religious connotations, probably with cult of Jupiter-Dolichenus. The bowl extends to stem with an engraved rectangular-section panel. The stem becomes circular in section and terminates in a 3-dimensional hand holding a sphere.
Quantity
1
Weight
45.79 g
Length
16 cm
Width
3 cm
Material
Silver
Hoard
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Comment
Inventory No: 66.0005,02
