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Description: | An incomplete probably Roman copper alloy figurine of a panther or lioness. The head points forward with the mouth slightly open. The right front limb is raised, though the end has broken away. The front left limb is more complete and would have rested on the ground, though the foot is missing. The lower limbs are no longer present, though traces of the hip remain. Due to wear and damage, no other features are visible. The metal is a dark-mid brown with traces of mid-light green in places. A similar, slightly larger example is in the Museum of London collections and published in Pitts (1979, 109, no 279). The example in the Museum of London has been identified as female due to the presence of "udders" underneath. There does not to be any trace of such features on this example, so it is likely a male. The panther was associated with the God Bacchus, thus indicating the figurine may have come from a shrine where he was one of the deities worshiped. Dimensions: length: 34.09 mm; width: 5.76 mm; height: 24.92 mm; weight: 8.89g. Reference, Pitts, L. 1979. Roman bronze figurines of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes. Oxford: BAR 60.
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