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Description: | Roman copper alloy cosmetic mortar of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe cosmetic mortar is of end-looped type and is incomplete, missing the loop and the opposite terminal (with a surviving length of 57.7mm, an overall surviving depth of 10mm and a weight of 13.0g). The top edge is damaged and eroded (with a maximum surviving height of 8.4mm). The damaged loop remains as a stub projecting beneath the terminal (with a surviving length of 6.9mm and an internal diameter of approximately 4mm). The sides of the bow are convex across both their length and height (producing a maximum width of 9.6mm) with a U-shaped section and the characteristic bowed shape. The bow thins towards the unlooped end and is damaged and truncated. The central groove has a U-shaped profile (with a surviving length of 49mm, a maximum width of 6.8mm and a depth of 3.9mm). There are no decorative mouldings discernible on the mortar and any applied decoration is now lost. The surface is heavily-corroded with a dark-brown patina and elsewhere has a dark-green corrosion.This find represents only the eleventh known example, that the author is aware of, recorded from Wales. Five are listed in Jackson's (1985) catalogue (three from Powys, one from Newport and one from the Vale of Glamorgan). Since Jackson's catalogue the author is aware of an additional example from Powys and a further three examples from the Vale of Glamorgan , which with this example is perhaps beginning to suggest a clustering in Powys and the Vale of Glamorgan.1. Jackson R., 1985, Cosmetic sets from Late Iron Age and Roman Britain; Britannia 16, 165-922. PAS database reference: NMGW-8DE8D53. PAS database reference: NMGW-DEDA73, NMWPA 2007.200.1 & NMWPA 2010.3.1
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