[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 431 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL4070 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Site | Cottenham |
| Site Name | Willingham Fen |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Context Date | mid-late 2nd? |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Box containing other objects and figurines (see 28) |
| Location | Cambridge University Museum |
| Ref No | 1918.160.7 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Raven |
| Aliases | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, some corrosion, legs missing, some damage to head. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 31.00 |
| Length | 43.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no189; Green 1976, 210; Rostovtseff 1923, 94, pl iv.7 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Rather stylised depiction, wings folded, no feathers indicated. Beak and part of head missing. |
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