| ID | 777 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | NZ2753 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Durham |
| Site | Chester-le-Street |
| Site Name | Park View Comprehensive School |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Parade ground |
| Context | unstratified |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | C2-early C4 |
| Object Date | Late C2 |
| Object Period | 2 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | Yes |
| Form | Attachment |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 40.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Allason-Jones 1980, 47, fig. 1; Evans, Jones and Turnbull 1991, 5-48 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | an eagle with wings held back and tail raised in a position suggestive of the bird having just alighted on the ground. The feathers are indicated by shallow, incised scallops on the chest and upper wings, whilst the tail and flight feathers have a more deeply engraved herring-bone pattern (A-J). |
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