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Description: | An incomplete lead-alloy anthropomorphic figurine of uncertain date. It is missing its head, as well as the means of attachment at the base due to old breaks. The figure is depicted seated with knees pulled up towards the chest/chin and arms wrapped around the legs. The arms and legs are relatively crudely rendered; the legs are oval shaped in section with small feet at the base that have no sign of any detailed decoration. At the knees the oval sectioned arms terminate in small flattened hands, again with no detailed decoration, that clutch the knees. The body of the figure is oval shaped in section with a deep groove running the length of the back. At the top of hte back is a short neck that terminates in old breaks, the head now missing. It measures 11.77mm in current length, 6.76mm in width, 11.60mm in depth/thickness, and weighs 2.12g.This is a small lead-alloy figurine of uncertain date. The figure appears to be depicted as a captive or slave, sitting in a typical pose clutching its knees close to its chest. It is uncertain precisely how it would have been atatched to any larger item as there is no evidence for the method of attachment. Due to the relatively crude nature of the object it is also difficult to date. Examples of small Roman figurines in similar poses are known (e.g. HAMP-378231, DENO-EB7C77 or DUR-3DB631) but these are typically copper-alloy, more elaborately rendered and more identifiably Roman. It is possible that the current example is of similar date, although it might equally belong to the Post-Medieval to Modern periods of the 18th-19th centuries and relate to periods of European slavery/slave trade.
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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