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COSMETIC PESTLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-6FE01E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle, dating from 100 BC - AD 150. It is a curvilinear rod, D shaped in cross-section with a flat top and a curved lower face. It is thickest and widest in the middle. It tapers to a point at one end, and bends into a loop at the other. The loop is in the form of a stylised bird-head, although, unusually, it curls up and over onto the upper face rather than the lower face of the pestle. The metal is corroded and has a reddish patina with some concretion. It is 46mm long, 6.9mm wide and 8mm thick. 6.1g. Compare LIN-2DCB76 and NMS-37C0F8 which is another example with the loop bent upwards, and which cites Jackson 2010, fig.12. NCL-B2A3D0 is a different shape (more blade like) but also has the rolled forwards loop. Another significant, and similar type in Jackson's (2010) catalogue is Fig.535 which also has the upward loops, although it has a sharply curved rod, unlike this pestle.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: end looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46 mm
Width: 6.9 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th December 2021 - Sunday 5th December 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3804
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barton-upon-Humber (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0319
Four figure Latitude: 53.65735829
Four figure longitude: -0.44290475
1:25K map: TA0319
1:10K map: TA01NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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