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| ID | 1033 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | Lion Walk |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Settlement |
| Context | Garden topsoil |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Site Date | C1-4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Duck (1031) and cockerel (1032) |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1986.65.3689 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good, just very slight damage to tip. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 61.50 |
| Parallels | Gorhambury (1010); Icklingham (635) |
| References | Crummy 1983, 143, fig 171 no 4271 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | A copper-alloy eagle's wing with the tip of the primary feathers raised, similar to Green 1976, pl 9, k. The plain inner end of the wing suggests that it was inserted into the body of the bird, not cast one with it (Crummy) |
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