Context (References)
Garrow, D., C. Gosden & J.D. Hill (eds). (2008). Rethinking Celtic Art. Oxbow: Oxford.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
Santon Hoard. Originally thought to have been found at Santon Downham, Suffolk but research by Rainbird Clarke quoted by Spratling shows it was found in the parish of Santon, on breckland close to the Thetford boundary, between the east end of the former Half-Moon Plantation and the site of St Helen' s Oratory (TL52 837873).
Research by Mansel Spratling. Spratling reference number M.G.S. 4.
Event Date
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Accessions Register: 'A bronze ladle, with flat oblong blade, and long flat square-sided tang. L. 13.6"'. S-J Harknett 22/1/2001.
Event Date 1897
Author: maa

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Context (Display)
A selection of the Santon Hoard was exhibited at the meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society on 29 November 1897.
Event Date 29/11/1897
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (Field collection)
Santon Hoard (1897.218-1897.228). Found by a ‘labourer’ in his garden in Santon, Norfolk in September 1897.
Event Date 9/1897
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (References)
Von Hügel, Anatole. (1899). ‘Exhibition of Bronze and Iron Implements’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 9.4. pp. 430-431.
Event Date 1899
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (References)
cf: Pic, Josef Ladislav. Dechelette, Jos. (1906). Le Hradischt de Stradonitz en Boheme. Karl W. Hiersemann: Leipzig. pl. XXXVI nos. 10-17.
Event Date 1906
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Smith, R.A. (1909). 'A Hoard of metal found at Santon Downham, Suffolk'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 13. pp. 146-163. p. 157.
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (1966). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 1966
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Liversidge, Joan. (1977). 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 1977
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Production / use)
Joan Liversidge noted that this object is similar to one found at Litlington (1883.848) which she described as 'an incense shovel, probably used on the funeral rites' (1977, p. 30).
Event Date 1977
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (2009). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 2009
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Davies, M. (2014). Technology at the Transition: Relationships between Culture, Style and Function in the Late Iron Age Determined Through the Analysis of Artefacts. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University. pp. 171-215.
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was found to be from the 1966 iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 4. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is still Spratling MGS 4 and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).
Event Date 05/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
A large spatula-like bronze object. Possibly a shovel or ladle.
Event Date 3/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson