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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy centre-looped cosmetic mortar of Late Iron Age to Roman date. Approximately two thirds of the bow survives, although the remaining portion is damaged on one side. The object has a deep groove, and the loop, which is located at the centre of the underside, shows signs of wear on one side. At the intact end, a short panel of grooves and ridges gives way to a rounded terminal knob. The mortar is 61.5mm long, 10.5mm wide, 17.9mm high and it weighs 14.35g.
At present, there is no reliable typological sequence for the development of this category of artefact but most appear to belong to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (R. Jackson; 1985; pp. 175). | Subjects: | Centre-looped | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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