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Description: | A copper alloy cosmetic pestle dating from the late Iron Age or Roman period. This pestle was found with the mortar (see related find below) which fits perfectly. The pestle is crescent shaped and has pointed ends. It is oval in section and is 40.5mm long, 13.9mm wide from the top of the loop to the base of the grinding surface, and is 3.9mm thick. The attachment loop is in the centre and is very worn at the top. There is a dark green patina all over the pestle. These cosmetic sets are only found in Britain during the Romano-British period. They date, according to Jackson (1985) to the late Iron Age and Roman periods. | 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: | -300
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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