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Description: | A copper alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The pestle is 43.6mm long, 13.1mm wide and 3.7mm thick. It is oval in section with a thinner loop on the underside at one end. The grinding end curves upwards and is pointed. It seems to be extensively worn and is thinner than the shaft. The object is slightly pitted, but has a deep green patina.Cosmetic mortars and pestles seem to be a specifically British artefact type. Archaeologically they are most commonly found on cemetery and temple sites though metal detecting finds are changing this pattern of distribution, and they seem to date from the Late Iron Age or Early Roman period (Jackson 1985). Similar examples are illustrated in "Cosmetic Sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain" by Jackson (1985) in Britannia Volume 16.
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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