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Description: | Boar figurine fragment Cast copper alloy fragment in the shape of a boar's head with an incised line perhaps representing the mouth and moulding along the upper ridge a spined crest. Probably part of a hollow cast copper alloy boar figurine. The surface is pitted and corroded. It is possible that this was an unfinished or mis-cast object.Parallels: Several similar Iron Age boar figurines are known, for example from the Hounslow hoard (see BM 1864,0501.9 and 1864,0502.17). These figurines were sometimes fittings attached to vessels or helmets.Measurements: Length: 37.5mm; width: 30.2mm; thickness: 13.9mm; weight: 34.1gMetallurgy: XRF of the surface detected more than 10% lead in the copper alloy, several percent of antimony and a trace of arsenic in the corrosion layer. Tin was also detected, and iron corrosion products were present, indicating contamination from neighbouring items during burial.
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