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| ID | 1010 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL1107 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Site | St Albans |
| Site Name | Gorhambury |
| Site Type | Villa |
| Location Type | Building |
| Context | Cellar |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | mid C1 - mid C4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | hand holding grapes (1011), lion headed studs, female head escutcheon, cockerel fitting |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 88.1248 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Wing only but otherwise very good condition. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 2 or 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 81.00 |
| Parallels | Silchester (203), Uley (701), Colchester (1033) |
| References | Wardle 1990, 129, fig. 126 no 194 and fig 127 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Wing, probably from an eagle, cast in (leaded) bronze, the lower part broken (Figs. 126 and 127). The treatment of the feathers shows similarities with the Silchester eagle, cast by the cire perdue method and dated to the second century AD (Boon 1957, 99, pl 15; Toynbee 1964, 129, pl XXXVb). The reverse is undecorated. Etc. AML lab report by Bayley on p136 (AML 811354) |
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