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Description: | A Romano-British cast copper alloy mount or possible figurine in the form of a bird, probably a duck, in the round. The birds body survives, but its head and feet have been broken off. Two incised collars around the neck, indicate detail on the bird, whilst its wings have been drawn out with incised lines. A series of oblique, incised lines represent the wing feathers, in a very stylised manner. The tail has received a little perhaps recent damage. Below the body on either end, are two broken extensions, which may have formed a ring below the figurine.
This is a much more sophisticated version of a possible duck from Colchester (Crummy 1983, no.4268). Ducks and other water-birds ??perhaps belong to a Celtic water-cult which also appears to have had associations with the sun and healing.?? (Green 1978, 24). | Subjects: | Bird (duck/water-bird) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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