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Description: | A cast copper alloy figurine of a boar dating to the late Iron Age.
The boar is similar to SUSS-C6A000, found at Duncton (West Sussex). This boar is simpler in appearance than SUSS-C6A000.
The boar?s head is stylised in cylinder shape with a small protrusion at the end representing the mouth and bottom lip. The head is slightly up-turned. The ears are represented by notches on the main body. The body and head are smooth and undecorated. The legs are oval in shape with the front ones thicker and more muscular. A small slightly pointed swelling extends from the back of the boar representing the tail. The boar measures 35.03 mm in length, has a maximum width of 13.5 mm and a height of 18.1 mm. It is greenish-brown in colour. | 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: | -150
43 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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