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Cignus ( la, cygnus, meaning "swan"; plural: ''cigni'') is a name used by archaeologists for a type of large British Museum
retrieved 27 June 2010 (dead link 16 November 2022) It is not known for certain what the Romans called these utensils, but there are references to ''cigni'' in Roman sources in appropriate contexts.
Cignus ( la, cygnus, meaning "swan"; plural: ''cigni'') is a name used by archaeologists for a type of large Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Medite ...
metal spoon with a short, curved, handle often formed as the neck and head of a swan
Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometim ...
. Cigni have been found in a number of Roman sites from the 4th and 5th centuries CE, including the Thetford
Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England. It is on the A11 road between Norwich and London, just east of Thetford Forest. The civil parish, covering an area of , in 2015 had a population of 24, ...
and Hoxne Hoard
The Hoxne Hoard ( ) is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth centuries found anywhere within the former Roman Empire. It was found by ...
s in England.retrieved 27 June 2010 (dead link 16 November 2022) It is not known for certain what the Romans called these utensils, but there are references to ''cigni'' in Roman sources in appropriate contexts.
See also
*Cochlearium
A ''cochlearium'' (plural ''cochlearia'') was a small Roman spoon with a long tapering handle.
History
''Cochlearia'' have been found in a number of Roman sites from the 4th and 5th centuries CE, including the ThetfordSilver spoon
The English language expression silver spoon is synonymous with wealth, especially inherited wealth; someone born into a wealthy family is said to have "been born with a silver spoon in their mouth". As an adjective, "silver spoon" describes s ...
References
Further reading
*{{citation , last=Johns , first=Catherine , year=2010 , title=The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure: Gold Jewellery and Silver Plate , publisher=British Museum Press , isbn=978-0-7141-1817-8 , postscript=., pp. 98–106 *Harald Mielsch, 'Miszellen zur spätantiken Toreutik', in Archäologisches Anzeiger 1992, pp. 111–152. Spoons