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ID	1091
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	SU4047
Project type	Metal detector
County	Hampshire
Site	Andover
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Location	Andover Museum
Ref No	HAMP-378231
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Human
Name	Bound captive
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Seated
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Good
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised 1
Photo	Yes
Illustration	Yes
Height	33.90
Length	0.00
Parallels	Brough (187); London (174)
References	Worrell 2008, 365-6, fig. 19; PAS database. [Link to Bibliography]
Description	A small Roman copper-alloy anthropomorphic figurine representing a bound captive. The naked captive is crouching with his legs drawn up and together and his elbows on his knees. His arms are flexed with the hands clasped together. The posture is dictated by the shackles the captive bears: a rope connects his neck, hands and feet, with a loop around these three areas. The fibres of the rope are delineated by diagonal mouldings. The legs are at an angle of 65 to 75 degrees. The area between the legs, arms and stomach is soldily cast, with the limbs moulded. A large circular perforation travels horizontally through the stomach. This is met by a perpendicular circular perforation travelling vertically from the captive's head to his bottom. The head appears relatively large and has moulded features including eyes, nose, jawline and hair. The nose is stubby. The eyes are small and sub-circular, defined by a ring of removals around them. The ears are sub-triangular with triangular removals within. The hair is styled in a distinctively 'Celtic' tonsure with the hair brushed back from the forehead and delineated by incisions. The hair is depicted as being shaved behind the crown. The artefact has corroded to a mid-dark green colour. To date, sixteen bound captive figurines have been found across the empire and classified by Ralph Jackson. This find represents the most southerly example of Jackson's (2005, 145) Type II figurine found in Britain to date. The artefact is paralleled closely by an example found in London (ibid., 145; ref. 11), and even bears the same shaved head, hairstyle and perforations (PAS).
PAS id	HAMP-378231