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Description: | A copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman cosmetic mortar with a central stem or handle of unusual form. The bow is crescent shaped, but lacks one terminal, due to old breaks. It is 45.77mm in surviving length, 9mm wide across its centre, 7.61mm thick across its centre and the internal longitudinal groove is c.4mm deep. The surviving terminal of the bow has moulded decoration in the form of a rounded knob or phallus. It weighs 8.21g. The surface of the object is very worn. There may be traces of transverse line decoration but surface pitting makes it difficult to tell.At the centre of the bow there is a short handle or stem, rather than the more usual loop. It is moulded with a roughly rectangular shape, having a collar and groove above the foot which flares out to a moulded base. The handle measures 9.58mm in length, 6.15mm in width at the base and 3.25mm in thickness.
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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