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Description: | A cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The cosmetic pestle is an oval sectioned rod that tapers to a blunt terminal, is curved in plan and flares extensively towards the other terminal. This terminal ends with an integral end-loop. The loop is sub-circular and is worn at the top. Unusually, the loop is on the concave side of the pestle rather than on the base. This makes the pestle look rather like a claw. The surface of the pestle has a well developed dark brown/grey patina. It measures 47.8mm long, 20.78mm wide across the diameter of the loop and 6.2mm thick. Similar end-looped cosmetic pestles can be seen in Ralph Jackson??s paper on 'Cosmetic sets from the late Iron Age and Roman Britain' (1985: Britannia, Vol. 16, pp165- 192). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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