Figurines Data

ID	885
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	SU6893
Project type	Metal detector
County	Oxfordshire
Site	Watlington
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Location	Returned to finder
Ref No	BUC-668F82
Form	Figurine
Type	Animal
Name	Three-horned bull
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Seated
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Classical	1
Quality	Stylised 2
Photo	No
Illustration	Yes
Height	0.00
Length	50.73
References	Worrell 2007, 320-21, fig. 16; PAS database. [Link to Bibliography]
Description	The bull's legs are truncated and appear never to have been present. The angle of the rear left leg suggests that the bull was modelled in a seated position and that the legs were not further defined. The body is almost rectangular in profile at the rear end, narrowing at the thick neck to the head. The tail is oval in section and tapers at the tip. It is separated from the body and hangs downwards. The bull's face appears featureless. The face widens to the branching, upward curving horns at each side. A third horn in the centre of the head is wider (oval in section) and curves forwards. It may be broken at the top. The side horns have slightly knobbed terminals. This figurine is likely to have had a votive purpose. The knobbed horns indicate the influence of Iron Age art styles (Green 1977, 311) and the presence of three horns may have had particular religious significance (PAS).
PAS id	BUC-668F82