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Description: | A copper alloy Late Iron Age to Roman cosmetic pestle. It has a curvilinear, faceted rod with one terminal incomplete due to old breaks and the other finshing with a loop. This loop is flattened, with a section which is approximately rectangular. A short collar in the form of a narrow, rectangular plate protrudes at the junction of the loop with the rod. The pestle measures 46.41mm in length, 2.63mm in width across the rod, which tapers to 2.19mm, 11.3mm in external diameter across the ring, and weighs 3.44g.The pestle would have been used with a mortar, with a central longitudinal groove, to grind up small quantities of powder or cosmetics. These cosmetic sets are only found in Britain, during the late Iron Age to Romano-British periods.
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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