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Description: | An Iron age to Roman cast copper-alloy Double-Looped Cosmetic Pestle. The head of the pestle is circular in section and oval is plan with pointed terminuses; it is 18.6mm wide and 7.5mm thick in the centre. From the centre of the head projects a narrow stem which is oval in section. The stem terminates in two circular loops, one on each side of the stem. The object has been cast in one piece. It would have formed one part of a cosmetic set, along with a mortar. The pestle is 22.1mm long, 18.5mm wide, 7.3mm thick and weighs 6.5 grams. Several similar examples have been recorded on the database, including WMID-905A14, SWYOR-131B66, HAMP-S40E35 and KENT-7B0A04. At present, there is no reliable typological sequence for the development of this category of artefact but most appear to belong to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (R. Jackson; 1985; pp. 175). Sally Worrel notes that several of the double-looped pestles recorded by the PAS have been reported on the margins of the general distribution of this artefact type (2008 p 349).
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