Spoon

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.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929