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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman figurine in the shape of a cockerel, dating from AD43-410. It is quite finely made; the plumage, tail and crest are all delineated by fine grooves and the eyes by small, circular depressions. There are two short, rectangular mounting lugs, one on each side at the base of the body. On the underside of the body is an irregular depression, but whether this is intentional or simply a result of the casting process is uncertain. The figurine has a light green patina. It is 32.9mm long, 26.1mm high and and 17.1mm wide. It weighs 16.25gm.A similar, but cruder, example is illustrated in Crummy, 1981, Colchester Archaeological Report 2, number 4269. This is tentatively dated from AD100-200. Other examples can be found on the database at references: KENT-1793C5 and NLM996Martin Henig comments that the object can be compared to "Die Romischen Bronzen der Schweiz V" (Mainz 1994), no.4 from Kaiseraugst and that it could also be from the top of a vessel lid, citing Stefanelli, "Il Bronzo dei romani" p.232 , fig 216. There are also Romano-British flagon lids with ducks on them to which this object could be related.Cockerels are also know as staff terminals, but the arrangement of lugs on the base make this interpretation less likely.
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