Record ID: DOR-D8935E
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cosmetic mortar. An end-looped type with a knobbed terminal. The loop is incomplete. The elliptical bow is wider at the looped end, tapering and curving up to the pointed knop at the terminal. It is hollowed on the upper face and angled at the lower giving it a pointed-vacked C-shaped cross section. There is slightly diagonal groove and ridge decoration on both sides at the looped end, running from the lower to upper faces. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c 100 BC to AD 200 Dimensions: 50.14 mm x 13.56 mm x 6.61 mm Weight: 9.49 g
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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