spoon

One-piece spoon with a circular bowl and long rectangular tapering handle. It may be of Egyptian or Kerma manufacture, as bronze-making workshops have been found on this latter site.

Present location	INSTITUT DE PAPYROLOGIE ET D'ÉGYPTOLOGIE, UNIVERSITÉ DE LILLE III [02/049] LILLE
Inventory number	L 0688
Dating	CLASSICAL KERMA
Archaeological Site	MIRGISSA
Category	SPOON
Material	COPPER
Technique	HAMMERING; FULL CAST
Height	16.8 cm
Diameter	2,1 cm

Bibliography

• Gratien Brigitte et Le Saout Françoise, Nubie, les cultures antiques du Soudan, catalogue d'exposition, Lille, 1994, p.149, n°217.
• Vila André, "Le cimetière Kerma", dans J. Vercoutter, Mirgissa I, Paris, 1970, p.235, fig.7c.
• Bonnet Charles, Kerma, royaume de Nubie, catalogue d'exposition, Genève, 1990, p.232, n°330 et p.50

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