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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy cosmetic mortar. Its bow is crescent-shaped measuring 66mm in length and 10mm in width. The groove is 5.4mm deep at its deepest point, in the centre of the bow and is worn. This mortar has a circular end loop, which is incomplete and worn. The other terminal is missing due to an old break. This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date and such objects are unique to Roman Britain, only one has been found outside Britain, in Northern France. They are believed to have been used to grind small quantities of powder or cosmetics and have an association with fertility, due to their crescent shape and some examples with male and female animal heads at the terminals. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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