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Description: | A cast copper-alloy figurine with front face moulded and head moulded in the round. The figurine is thin with a median ridge running longitudinally down the rear face, extending below the feet where it is perhaps broken. The figure wears a large headdress. He is bearded, with the beard extending down to the upper chest. Ears and the nose are moulded and eyes and mouth delineated. The figure's arms are bent at the elbows and the hands are opposite each other on the chest. An object, possibly an implement or instrument, is held in each hand. The feet are conjoined and extend outwards giving a maximum width of 24.2mm.
The figure is Egyptian in appearance and has been identified as Osiris by British Museum staff. A dating of c. 500 BC was also given. How this item came to be in a Hampshire field is a mystery! The full moulding of the head and the continuation of the rib suggest that the figurine was meant to be displayed standing up. Companies are known to have been selling identical statues of Osiris in the late 1990s (see e.g. 'Coins & Antiquities' magazine, November 1998, 37), L.: c. 76 - c. 89mm. | 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: | -500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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