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Description: | Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar. The mortar is boat-shaped, 55mm in length and 6mm in width into which the cosmetics were placed and then ground. At one end is an integral circular loop.
This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date (1-200 AD). 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. | Subjects: | End-looped | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daubney, Adam - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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