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COSMETIC MORTAR
Unique ID: CAM-E75388
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy cosmetic mortar. This artefact weighs 26.64g. The crescent shaped bow has a length of 62.7mm, width of 11.3mm and depth of 9.8mm. The curved shape of the bow increases the total depth of this part of the object to 14.1mm. The terminals taper to rounded undecorated points. An integral suspension loop emerges from the lower edge of one terminal. This loop increases the mortar's length to a total 70.0mm and the maximum depth to 19.5mm. The loop is slightly oval in shape with an external length axis of 19.2mm. The apperture has a length axis of 9.0mm x depth axis 6.5mm. The loop has a thickness (on the width axis) of 3.0mm. No decoration is present anywhere on this cosmetic mortar.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Height: 19.5 mm
Width: 11.3 mm
Weight: 26.64 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018 - Thursday 31st May 2018
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Shelford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4653
Four figure Latitude: 52.15597936
Four figure longitude: 0.13278039
1:25K map: TL4653
1:10K map: TL45SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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