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Description: | A cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The cosmetic pestle is an oval sections rod that tapers to a blunt terminal, is curved in plan and widens in depth towards the other terminal. This terminal ends with an integral end-loop. The loop is an elongated sub-oval which tapers slightly in width and depth on the underside. A small spur decorates the underside of the loop. The surface of the pestle has a well developed dark brown/grey patina. Some slight pitting and corrosion is occurring, particularly at the tip of the pestle. It measures 50.36mm long, 11.98mm wide across the loop and 6.11mm thick. It weighs 10.46g. Similar end-looped cosmetic pestles can be seen in Ralph Jackson's paper on 'Cosmetic sets from the late Iron Age and Roman Britain' (1985: Britannia, Vol. 16, pp165- 192). The closest parallel to this example is from Ogof-yr-Esgyrn, Powys (catalogue number 40).
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