COSMETIC MORTAR

Unique ID: LIN-935840

Object type certainty: Certain

A cast copper alloy cosmetic mortar dating to the late Iron Age or Roman period. The mortar is incomplete and only the central portion remains. The mortar is boat-shaped and has a solid central projecting knob. The fragment is similar to no. 389 from Norfolk in R. Jackson Cosmetic Sets of Late Iron Age and Roman Britain (London:British Museum Press, 2010), British Museum Research Publication Number 181, p.167.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Length: 16 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Burgh le Marsh

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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    Created: Tuesday 8th November 2011
    Updated: Tuesday 8th November 2011

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