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COSMETIC PESTLE
Unique ID: NLM-F72831
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy cosmetic pestle. An end-looped cosmetic pestle. A curved bar of rounded section , tapered towards both ends, more markedly at one end which appears as if turned back on itself to form a suspension loop. Suggested date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman, 100BC-AD100.
Length: 56.4mm, Thickness/Diameter: 7.3mm, Weight: 10.22gms
Class: end-looped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.4 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 10.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th April 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39042
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Crowle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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