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Description: | A copper alloy centre looped cosmetic pestle dating from the Late Iron Age to the Roman period, about 100 BC - AD 300, bu most likely AD 50 - 200. The pestle has a twin-tapered curved rod which is a plump lentoid in section and almost semi-circular in profile. The loop is tear shaped and has terminals which extend along the back of the pestle, with tapered ends. Though cast in one, it has the appearance of being a separate element mounted on the upper side of the pestle. The loop is a pointed oval in section. At the base of the loop is an integrally cast bar which is thicker than the loop. This is also designed to look like a separate element and is similar to the bands found pinching together the base of the head loop on some Roman brooches. There is a triangular piercing between the loop, bar and pestle rod. There is no obvious wear on the keel or the loop, but the surface is pitted and has a dark brown patina.Compare numbers 162 (page 110), 525 (page 199)and 590 (page 214) in Jackson's "Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain" (2010) which are all centre looped pestles with a strutted loop, but none have the bar described on this example.
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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