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Description: | An incomplete stone mortar of Medieval date. Less than one third of the mortar survives intact but in two joining fragments, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is formed from a pale yellow/white limestone that contains extensive shelly inclusions and is relatively coarse and brittle to the touch. The surviving fragment is formed from part of the base (diameter uncertain) of circular plan with dish/bowl-shaped interior. This has one section of wall leading to a flattened rim with slightly curving sides and gently curving interior that shows signs of use-wear. On the exterior edge of the wall is the remains of a poorly preserved vertical rib that is rectangular in form, semi-circular in profile at the base and with a slight out-turned, rectangular projection level with the rim at the top of the vessel. In its current form this vessel measures 164mm in height, 196mm in width, 43.13mm in thickness at rim, 44.61mm in thickness at base, and weighs 2376g. This is an incomplete limestone mortar of Medieval date, perhaps dating to the 13th or 14th centuries AD (B. Carr, pers. comm.).
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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