Carved decoration on handle. Waterman 1959 describes this as a spoon with "hollowed, keeled bowl, the end of which is now much frayed, with flat, ribbon handle, shouldered above the bowl and widening towards the head, where it terminates in a projecting, fan-shaped tongue. The upper surface of the handle is ornamented with an incised step-pattern, the alternate units shaded, and two runes are cut into one of the panels... In this country these two spoons [this and YORYM : C629] stand alone and bear no rememblance to the few known bone spoons of early medieval date. In Scandinavia spoons of bone, horn and wood are common and occur during the Viking Age with round or oval bowl, separated from the handle, which is proportionately shorther than the York examples, by a shoulder or other elaborate moulding. The handle may be plain or ornamented with interlace, which sometimes extends over the bowl. The same form appears in the early medieval period, usually with pure geometric interlace which may betray early Romanesque elements. A later series, with oval bowl and shorter handle, may reflect the form of contemporary metal spoons."
