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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy figurine or mount of a cockerel of Roman date. The figurine is well moulded with incised feather detail evident on the crest, upper body and wings. The beak points slightly downwards and the eyes are large and exaggerated. The tail feathers are not depicted in detail rather as just a curving, tapering plume. The cockerel has no feet; an incomplete tapered rectangular-sectioned shaft protrudes from the underside of the bird. The cross section of pins are usually circular unlike this example, which is why this object is interpreted as a figurine or mount. A general Roman date is offered for this object, c. AD 43-409. The cockerel is associated with Mercury and is seen to 'herald in a new day'; Mercury was the Herald of the Gods (Green and Jenkins 1995). This figurine may have been a vessel mount or possibly part of a small votive group comprising a figure of Mercury himself and possibly other animals such as the goat, which was also one of his symbols.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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