Iron Age Celtic 'Scaphoid' Woad Grinder
Copper-alloy, 8.80 grams, 37.55 mm. 1st century BC. A solid cast grinder with thin suspension loop. The scaphoid shape allows the grinder to move freely on its bed. Reference: cf. a complete example published in Murawski, P.G. Benet's Artefacts of England and the United Kingdom, Ely, 2003 p.88 item I14-0203. Fine condition. Provenance: found Norfolk, England.