Cosmetics Mortar
Objects like this, with a small well, flanged handles and a long horizontal spout, have been theorized to be many different things—from lamps to baby feeders. It seems most likely, however, that the hemispherical body was used for as a mortar for crushing cosmetic materials, which would then have been poured down the spout into small flasks.
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