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Description: | An extremely worn cast copper-alloy three dimensional sheep or goat. Measuring 21.5mm in length and 20.5mm in height. The snout of the head is worn away but circular indentations can be seen which presumably represent eyes. There are two tapering horns curving backwards. The body is small and the legs are shown as two solid projections at either end of the body, not as four seperate ones. They are also incomplete due to extensive wear.
This miniature goat or sheep is most likely to have originally have been part of a Mercury statuette, showing Mercury with sheep or goats and hens, it is therefore Roman in date. | Subjects: | Sheep/goat | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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