| ID | 1144 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SU7081 |
| Project type | Metal detector |
| County | Oxfordshire |
| Site | Peppard |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Copper alloy |
| Location | Reading Museum |
| Ref No | REDMG 137.86 |
| M/F | Male |
| Age | Youth |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Human |
| Name | African |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Headgear | Sash? |
| Attributes | Yes |
| Clothed | Yes |
| Clothing description | Tunic |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Poor. Missing lower legs and most of left hand |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Provinicial 1 or 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 94.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Description | Damage to back of head and from left shoulder down across the front of the torso - casting flaw? Male African youth with upturned head. Wears short-sleeved tunic with heavy drapery folds. Left arm at side, right holds an object (club?) which lies across the back of the shoulders. Possible sash tied around head. Finely depicted facial features. Nice piece despite condition. |
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