Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Fabric Category	Ivory
Object Type	Tool / Weapon::Spoon
Fragment Noted	true
Year Excavated	1971
Object Type (notes)	Ivory Spoon, Fragment
Size	Max. Pres. Length Including Handle Attachment 0.038 m, Pres. Approx. Length of Handle Attachment 0.005 m, Max. Pres. Width 0.029 m, Pres. Thickness of Bowl 0.003-0.004 m, Pres. Thickness of Handle Attachment 0.004-0.005 m
Condition	Broken into three pieces, restored. One large chip, other small chips and cracks around breaks; worn. Middle fragment preserves less smoothness and is more incrusted than the other two. Approximately two-thirds of spoon tip missing.
Description	Spoon fragment preserving most of recessed bowl with upward-curving tapered edges which become a curved moulding below area for attachment to handle. In center of moulding, on central axis of bowl, a recessed circular hole for insert of different material. Bowl ends in a rectangular carved base for the handle attachment which consists of square ivory dowel set in circular hole.
Fabric Description	Ivory
Has note	The Poggio Civitate Excavation Project website originally included this object at this address: http://www.poggiocivitate.org/catalog/viewartifactcatalog.asp?fid=PC1971009400