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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy Iron Age/Roman cosmetic pestle of double-looped version of a centre-looped type used as part of a two-piece cosmetic set. The pestle has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned shank coming from its side which terminates in two small circular loops (set together like a figure of eight). The metal is red-brown. The majority of centre-looped mortars and pestles have been found in the south-east of England with particularly large numbers from East Anglia and a massive concentration in Colchester. 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 (Jackson 1985, 172, 175).When not in use, cosmetic sets were intended to be hung or suspended by a leather lace or thong, perhaps hanging from the waist. The discovery of sets in inhumation burials at St. Albans, Chichester and Wanborough suggests they may have been chatelaine-type instruments, similar to 'pocket sets' of toilet implements used during the Iron Age and Roman periods. Due to possibly being suspended from the waist, casual or accidental losses must have been a problem (ibid., 169-172).
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