ID | 1090 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TL7212 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Essex |
Site | Little Waltham |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 1 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Ref No | ESS-0632D0 |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Bird |
Name | Cockerel |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Is an attribute of | Mercury |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Good, no feet |
Classical | 1 |
Quality | Stylised 1 or 2 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | No |
Height | 28.14 |
Length | 27.01 |
References | PAS database. [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | The main body of the cockerel is semi-circular in plan with a sub-circular cross section. The wings are in the form of pronounced .tear-drop. shaped mouldings, running along the length of the body. The wings are worn however some oblique lines representing feathers are visible. The neck extends vertically from the body, and has an oval cross section. The head is sub-triangular with a worn and incomplete cone at its apex. Due to the level of wear, no facial features are apparent. The tail end flattens, and is sub-rectangular in plan, both faces being decorated with oblique grooves to represent the tail feathers. The figurine has two legs, the left positioned slightly further forward than the right, both of which have worn breaks at their base. The legs are circular in cross section. The figurine has a mid-green patina (PAS). |
PAS id | ESS-0632D0 |
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