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Description: | a copper alloy Roman figurine fragment, in the form of a human right foot. It is solid and incomplete, broken off at the ankle. The foot measures 30.17mm in length, and 11.46mm in width across the toes, narrowing to 6.56mm at the heel. It is 15.3mm in height, to the top of the broken edge at the ankle, which is hollow and semi-circular. The foot weighs 14.88g. A figurine, in the form of a leg with foot discovered in Porthcasseg, Gwent, has similarly moulded toes, all except the little toe being of similar length, and the foot being slender. The figurine from Gwent is estimated to have been c.44cm in height when complete. (Webster, 2002,161,ff). This example may have been part of a Lar, or god from a household shrine . Another example from Suffolk is known from Preston St Mary (Plouviez, 2003, 331-3) where part of a left leg and foot was discovered, wearing an open-toed half-boot. It is a similar length to the Coddenham foot, and a height of 180mm is suggested for the Preston figurine, which would have been mounted on a stand. | Subjects: | Anthropomorphic (foot) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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