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Description: | A late Iron Age to Roman cast copper alloy cosmetic pestle. It would have been used to grind substances to powder or paste in a mortar or mortarium. The pestle is complete but corroded, it consists of a slightly curved shank connected at a slight angle to the grinding loop. Dates to between c1 and c200 AD. There are similar examples on the database but the following share similarities - IOW-9858D1, BH-7DBFB3, HAMP3683, SWYOR-F969C4, LIN-76D9A6, and LVPL-CD5046.
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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