Sunderland, Roman silver spoon
Sunderland, Roman silver spoon
HER Number
60
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Sunderland, Roman silver spoon
Place
Sunderland
Map Sheet
NZ45NW
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Spoon
General Period
ROMAN
Specific Period
Roman 43 to 410
Form of Evidence
Find
Description
A Roman silver spoon with a short hooked handle was found near Sunderland, with its damaged bowl inscribed "...NE VIVAS" (likely to have read "BENE VIVAS" when the spoon was perfect). The exact provenance and present location of the Roman silver spoon is unclear, but it is not in Sunderland Museum.
Easting
441000
Northing
557000
Grid Reference
NZ441000557000
Sources
<< HER 60 >> A. Way, 1869, Bronze Relics of the Late Celtic Period, Archaeological Journal, Vol. 26, p. 76
O.M. Dalton, 1922, Roman Spoons from Dorchester, Antiquaries Journal, Vol. II, p. 90n.
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27
Ordnance Survey archaeological record card, JHO, 1952, Roman silver spoon
O.M. Dalton, 1922, Roman Spoons from Dorchester, Antiquaries Journal, Vol. II, p. 90n.
J.A. Petch, 1925, Roman Durham, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, I, p. 27
Ordnance Survey archaeological record card, JHO, 1952, Roman silver spoon