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Description: | Copper alloy solid cast cockerel figure. Broken ?suspension loop, very worn in places. It stands on a rounded lump (which is not flat based), both legs merged. The head is slightly turned to its right and has a punched dot for the eye and a raised comb (very worn on one side). The wings have traces of simple incised lines along them; the broken suspension loop is set in the middle of the back. The tail divides into two leaving a V-shaped gap, and also has simple incised line decoration. Length 33mm, height 28mm width 15mm (all max.). Probably Roman, cockerels are associated with the god Mercury, but no parallels found for the suspension loop and the treatment of the base - unless it was designed for use as a steelyard weight? | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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