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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic pestle with a central loop. One terminal of this pestle is missing due to an old break.
The stem of the pestle is curvilinear and tapers towards its terminals, it measures 43.1mm in length, 4.4mm in width and 4.1mm in thickness. The stem has a rectangular cross-section with rounded corners. One side of the underside of the stem is a lot more worn than the other implying that it has not been used evenly but at an angle.
The integral central loop is circular and measures 14.1mm in external diameter and c9.4mm in internal diameter. The loop is worn on its inner edges especially at the top of one side.
Cosmetic pestles are believed to have been used with cosmetic mortars to grind small quantities of powdery substances, probably cosmetics. They are found only in Britain and were used mainly whilst Britain was a province of Rome. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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