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Description: | Roman cosmetic implement; Cast copper alloy 'mortar' from a cosmetic grinder set. Small, narrow, shallow dish to hold cosmetic powder for grinding with a complementary 'pestle'. The dish narrows at one end to a short handle for holding between two fingers. The handle flares at the end, in the vertical plane, and has a two-pronged terminal. This, together with the shape of the dish, gives the artefact a fish-like shape, with the dish as the body of the fish and the handle as its tail. The handle also curves off slightly from the line of the dish. The metal is quite pitted and corroded over its whole surface.Length 54.1mm, width (dish) 8.7mm, width (handle) 4.0mm, depth (dish) 9.5mm, depth (end of handle) 8.3mm, weight 11.56g
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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