ID | 756 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | SP4417 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Oxfordshire |
Site | Woodstock |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 1 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Ref No | BERK-EF07C2 |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Bird |
Name | Pigeon |
Bearded | No |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Classical | 1 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 32.30 |
Length | 39.80 |
References | Worrell 2006, 447; fig 16; PAS database. [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | A figurine of a bird holding a seed in its beak, perhaps intended to represent a pigeon or dove. The bird has been cast in the round with a flat back and a fan-shaped tail. At the junction between the tail and the back there is a pronounced semi-circular depression and there is a corresponding depression on the underside of the body and tail. The body then tapers towards an angular, lozenge-shaped stand representing legs and feet. The wings are not defined and no plumage or feathers are indicated (Worrell). |
PAS id | BERK-EF07C2 |
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