| ID | 793 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SO7802 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Site | Frocester |
| Site Name | Frocester Court |
| Site Type | Villa |
| Location Type | Villa |
| Context | Layer IV, grid B29 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | IA-C4 |
| Context Date | Late C1-early C2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Frocester? |
| Ref No | Sf 374 (315) |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Horse |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, slightly corroded |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 25.00 |
| Length | 38.00 |
| Parallels | Bourne, Lincs (202); Carrawburgh (198) |
| References | Price 1989, 255-6; Foster 2000, 57-8, fig. 2.14 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | solid, and crudely designed, with wide open mouth and large upstanding ears. Eyes outlined only with very crude incisions. Asymmetrical nose worn, possibly by rubbing. Left nostril clearly efined, right one less so. Legs set wide apart, thick and slightly curved, with rather strange, turned-out feet. Only one is flat but the figurine was evidently free-standing. Large rump with short tail continuing as a ridge between legs. Surface detail confined to short incisions indicating a mane along crest of neck and an incised line from each side of mouth, evidently representing reins (Foster). |
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