Record ID: DUR-6FB102
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Late Iron Age- early Roman cosmetic mortar of end-looped type. It has a crescent shaped bow that is U-shaped in section with one pointed terminal end and an incomplete looped terminal at the other. It is from a set which would have seen the pestle fitting into the mortar. On the interior surface is a central groove that is pointed-oval shaped in plan. The end without the loop has a slight narrowing to form a neck before the rounded point at the end. At the looped terminal end the bow curves slightly outwards to form the loop, this is not complete. The loop would have…
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sancton', grid reference and parish protected.