Bronze Age find

[Epictetus]

The article speculates that some of it could have been offerings. Could the spoon-in-the-stew have been something similar? I don't recall ever reading about eating instruments being used like this, though, but I suppose it could make sense. Food was often used as an offering in many cultures. The spoon, though, would mean that the people had some anthropomorphism concept of the gods, which would indeed be an interesting thought. Another possibility would be an offering to ancestors.