[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 355 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TM0174 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Wattisfield |
| Site Name | Foxledge Common |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | near a Roman kiln site |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Hallstat pottery |
| Location | Ipswich Museum |
| Ref No | ISPMG 1945-116 |
| Form | Mount |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Boar |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn; left rear leg and feet missing |
| Classical | 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 30.00 |
| Length | 65.00 |
| References | Foster 1977, 31, no 13, fig 9e-h, pl VII c+d; Pitts 1979, no 173; Green 1976, 217, pl XXI c; Toynbee 1964, 126; Moore 1949, 168 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Fairly simple but naturalistic rendering. Curly tail, long snout, thin legs, solid bidy, small dorsal crest indicated by grooves. Face more like a dog, no tusks. |
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