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Description: | Cast copper alloy animal figurine, uncertain date, possibly Roman. Animal figurine cast in the round, apparently a big cat although with an unusually long neck. The animal is lying down with head resting on its front paws, straight back, and back legs twisted slightly to the right with the tail curving around right back leg. The head is small with short snout, slight indentations for the mouth, one nostril and the eyes, transverse groove across the brow, then large rounded backward-swept ears. Long circular-sectioned neck (head length 6mm, neck length 7.5mm) then stocky body with haunches and backbone modelled, and long thin tail. The left front leg is broken off, although the paw remains under the chin. On the underside is a rectangular aperture (length 9.6mm, width 7mm) opening into the hollowed-out body. Fine dark green patina. Length 36.2mm, width 16.2mm, thickness 8.7mm, weight 11.08g. Sally Worrell, Helen Geake, Geoff Egan and David Williams have all seen this object and are unsure of its date or function. Possibly a Roman leopard?
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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