| ID | 1036 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL9925 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Colchester |
| Site Name | Balkerne Lane |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Settlement |
| Context | Pit F17 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | C1-4 |
| Context Date | mid C2 + |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Dog (1034) and turtle (1035), bird foot (1037), 2 model snakes |
| Location | Colchester Castle Museum |
| Ref No | COLEM 1986.67.2546 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Snake |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Verulamium (435) |
| References | Crummy 1983, 143-4, fig. 173 no 4274 and 2006, 67 fig 30 no 4 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | A copper-alloy snake's head similar to Green 1976, pl 29, d. The features of the head are emphasised by the incised lines. Snakes are connected with Mercury (ibid, 13) and Minerva (Toynbee 1964, 79). It may be no coincidence that a Mercury (Fig 188) and figurines of two of his associated animals (4273, 4274) derive from a site which contained two temples (Crummy 1980, 266-72) (Crummy). |
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