[Bonetools] perforated spoons

[Alice Choyke]

We have nothing like this in Pannonia Inferior to my knowledge.I bet these
also existed in wood!

Alice

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:51 PM, S O'Connor <S.Oconnor at bradford.ac.uk>wrote:

>  Dear All,
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> Thanks again to all of you who had suggestions for what my ‘rectangular
> headed pins’ might have been.  As it turns out they seem to the terminals of
> handle fragments from Roman perforated spoons.  Attached are a group from
> Victoria Cave, Settle, North Yorkshire, UK.  The terminals on a couple of
> these are remarkably similar to my objects from Wattle Syke.  The function
> of these perforated spoons is unknown but they are Roman, possibly
> associated with the military and seem to be distinct to northern Britain.  I
> know of examples from Newstead, Castleford and Dalton Parlours, and I think
> there are some found in York but I’ve yet to chase this lead.
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> I would be particularly interested to hear of any others.  Do they turn up
> in mainland Europe?
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> All the best,
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> Sonia
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> Dr Sonia O'Connor PhD FSA FIIC ACR Honorary Visiting Fellow, University of
> York
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