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Description: | A copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic mortar form, corroded and cleaned. The bow is crescent shaped and has a deep central lomgitudinal groove, it measures 47.36mm in length and 9.02mm in width, the groove is 2.41mm in depth. This mortar has a main central loop, with a circular hole through it, when this is included the total depth of the mortar is 20.70mm. Each terminal at either end of the of the bow has a worn animal head, possibly bovine, although they are now too worn to be sure. There are oval shaped open work decorative holes between the terminals and the terminals and the central loop, a fragment of one openwork loop is now missing due to an old break.
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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