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Description: | Cast lead arm from a statue moulded in three dimensions. The arm has an old irregular break on the upper arm before the shoulder, it is bent at the elbow and the hand is gripped in a fist around a vertical bar which appears to have broken just below the fist and possibly been cut off above it. There is a cylindrical hole running down the bar from the top which may indicate it always ended at this point and a bar of another material was attached. In general it is rounded with no clear musculature but finely enough moulded to show the fingers, there is no marks indicating clothing. Ther are various dents and scratches with a rang of patinas suggesting some are old and some recent. It is 80.9mm long, 42.1mm tall and 16.7mm thick; it weighs 195 grams.It has been examined by Dr Sally Worrell, PAS Adviser for Roman finds, who suggested it is not Roman and is probably of Post Medieval date. Lead statues, often nude and of classical figures, were popular garden and house ornaments from c.1600 onwards.
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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