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Description: | Cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle of later Iron Age or early Roman date circa 50 BC - 200 AD. It is sub-rectangular in plan with both the terminals tapering and terminating with a break. The body of the pestle curves along its length; it also flares and tapers in thickness, with the thickest part being at the centre of the bow. The lower edge would have acted as the grinding edge of the pestle and would have fitted into a similar shaped mortar. The loop is missing. The object has a mid-green patina.Similar examples which can be found on the database are HESH-BDF153 and SF-EFB3C1.
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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