It is a small spear, resembling a knife, which ends in a cross at the back. With the spear, the priest cuts the Eucharist Bread during the prothesis. It symbolizes the spear of the Roman soldier, with which he pierced the side of the Crucified and blood and water flowed out. This particular one is gold-plated with silver on the handle. It has iron at the tip (point). It is engraved with a perforated cross. It bears a simple linear decoration on the handle.