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Description: | The object is possibly a Roman cosmetic mortar, made of copper alloy. It is a elongated sub-crescentic shape in profile. Both terminals are broken, but not recently. The upper surface of the mortar is concave. The surface of this face has its patina missing, and there are only patches of a heavy brown patina on the exterior. Usually with cosmetic mortars there are traces of a well developed patina on the concave surface, which may have been further developed by wear, but there are known of these indications on the recorded object. Another possibility is the object is a type of edge binding for an object. It weighs 5.91g, and measures 42.2mm long, 8.5mm wide and 5.4mm thick.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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