File:Romano-British cosmetic grinder (FindID 185657).jpg

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Romano-British cosmetic grinder
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None, Adam Daubney, 2007-07-04 15:32:12
Title
Romano-British cosmetic grinder
Description
English: Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic mortar. The mortar is boat-shaped, 55mm in length and 6mm in width into which the cosmetics were placed and then ground. At one end is an integral circular loop. This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date (1-200 AD). Such objects are unique to Roman Britain, only one has been found outside Britain, in Northern France. They are believed to have been used to grind small quantities of powder or cosmetics and have an association with fertility, due to their crescent shape and some examples with male and female animal heads at the terminals.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1 and 200
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FindID: 185657
Old ref: LIN-BBABD6
Filename: LIN5765.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/143412
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/143412
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/185657
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Object location53° 17′ 56.76″ N, 0° 21′ 47.86″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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