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Description: | Incomplete cast copper-alloy Iron Age/Roman cosmetic pestle. Ralph Jackson (1985) has identified this type of artefact as a double-looped idiosyncratic version of a centre-looped type of pestle used as part of a two-piece cosmetic set. (It is assumed that this example is a double-looped type, due to the breaks). The pestle has a circular cross-section but is pointed oval shape in plan. Cast integrally there is a flat-sectioned arm coming from its side which terminates with the remains of two broken loops. The metal is pitted and there is a dark greyish-green patina. The majority of centre-looped mortars and pestles have been found in the south-east of England with particularly large numbers from East Anglia and a massive concentration in Colchester. Few 'cosmetic sets', or their component parts, are closely and securely dated, but many do seem to fall in to the 1st/ 2nd century AD (ibid., 172, 175).
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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