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Description: | A cast copper alloy object, probably a cosmetic pestle dating from the iron age or Roman period. The object consists of body which is pointed oval in plan and broadly oval in section, attached on one side to a transverse, straight stem which terminates in a double loop, presumably for attachment. The stem in broadly rectangular in section. There are raised circular collars around the perforations of the double loop. A distinct ridge runs around the body, joining the sides of the stem and of approximately the same width. The thickness of the seam appears broadly uniform around the body of the object. There is some of the soil on the surface of the object, presumably from its time in the ground. Otherwise, the surface of the object appears to have a green/brown patina. The object is 19.7mm wide across the body, 25.9mm long from the looped terminal to the base of the body, and a maximum of 7.1mm thick at about the centre of the body. It has a mass of 6.0g. The loops have internal diameters of 2.9 and 3.2mm, and external diameters of 7.6mm and 7.7mm.
The object is in very good condition with no signs of damage visible.
Very similar items have been recorded on the PAS database (see records WMID-905A14 and WMID-8B2C03). These have been identified as Ralph Jackson of the British Museum as a double-looped idiosyncratic versions of a centre-looped type of pestle used as part of a two-piece cosmetic set. In ??Cosmetic sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain??, in Britannia, Volume 16, 1985, pages 172 & 175, Jackson comments that few ??cosmetic sets??, or their component parts, are closely and securely dated, but many do seem to fall in to the 1st/ 2nd century AD. Due to possibly being suspended from the waist, casual or accidental losses must have been a problem (ibid., pages 169-172). | Subjects: | Centre looped | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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