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ID 355
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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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