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Description: | An Iron Age cast copper-alloy figurine in the form of a well moulded half lying, half sitting dog in which the legs of the dog are tucked under the sitting body. The head and the shape of the face is almost fox like with a pointed nose, and faceted upper surface. The eyes are formed of a drilled hole going though the head. The tall ears are rounded at their tips. The two visible legs are bent in on themselves emphasising the seated posture; the foreleg appears to have lost its tip. The tail has a circular cross-section and extends slightly beyond the hind leg. The lower surface is flat around its perimeter with a hollowed out section in the middle to allow the figurine to sit on a surface. The same treatment can be seen on a reindeer figurine from Milber Down, Devon (Jope 2000, 270; pl. 181). The figurine has a smooth dark-green patina with some areas of lighter green and off-white corrosion product.
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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