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Description: | A late Iron Age to early Roman cast copper alloy centre-looped cosmetic mortar. The loop is broken and the object is slightly bent out of shape. The damage is not new. The object comprises of a long, narrow grooved dish which terminates on either end with a blunt point. The mortar has a U-shaped cross section. On the inside of the dish, the surface is smooth and polished suggesting wear through use. The outside of the dish is abraded and pitted. There is an integrally cast circular loop projecting from the centre of the underside which is 9.54mm x 3.82mm at the join with the dish.The mortar is 48.64mm in length and 6.88mm wide. The body of the mortar/dish has a height of 6.32mm which extends to 9.77mm when including the incomplete central loop. The mortar weighs 7.1g. Several examples of such centre looped mortars are illustrated and discussed by Jackson (1985: 165-192). The majority of cosmetic mortars from archaeological excavations have come from 1st and 2nd century contexts.
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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