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Description: | Centre-loop cosmetic mortar with two bovid terminals and incomplete formed loop. There is some recent damage but one of the four horns was not lost recently. One terminal is much shorter and more rounded, probably as a result of miscasting. The groove is very smooth apart from some recent damage, and shows no sign of wear. The loop, which appears as a blind hole on both faces, must also be a casting failure. Ralph Jackson, who has examined digital photographs, comments that the style of the piece is similar to that of an example from Morton, Lincolnshire, which is adorned with a bull at one end and a bird at the other (no. 350 in his forthcoming corpus). Length 72.5mm. Width at centre 10.5mm. Weight 69.28g. 1st - 2nd century date.
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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