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Description: | An incomplete, hollow, cast copper-alloy head of a feline, probably a lion or possibly a tiger. The incomplete figurine head weighs 45.68g and is 39.44mm high. The head has a length of 30.58mm from the tip of the nose to the back of the head and a width of 22.40mm from ear to ear. The neck of the large cat has an oval diameter of 22.67mm (front to back) x 18.46mm (side to side). At he base of neck is a incised groove seems to demark the edge of the figurative model. Below this groove the artefact flares out to possibly form an angular collar or pedestal base. It is not possible to determine how the base of this artefact ended as ths area has irregular breaks on all of the edges. The cat has a moulded mane like beard from the base of the ears down to below the chin however no detailing of fur is present at the back or on top of the head. Interestingly the surface of the head and neck are detailed with faint ring and dot detail. The diameter of these rings are c.1.48mm. This artefact is likely to be of Romano-British date.This item is possibly similar to the artefact recorded in PAS record LEIC-4A0605.
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