Description
This type of spoon, which could have been made out of wood, bone, or metal, was commonly used in Early Byzantine homes. The cross inscription invokes divine protection and blessings for the household.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
3/22/1955
Treatment
cleaned; coated
10/26/1959
Treatment
cleaned; coated
1/12/1985
Technical Report
examined for technical study
7/10/1985
Treatment
cleaned
9/19/1986
Treatment
other
Exhibitions
Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. 1947.
Silver Treasure from Early Byzantium. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1986.
Provenance
[Excavated in Syria, 1908-1910]; Tawfic Abucasem, Hama and Port Said, ca. 1913, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris, ca. 1928, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
