| ID | 386 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | TL7006 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Essex |
| Site | Chelmsford |
| Site Name | Mansio site, Orchard Street |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Mansio |
| Context | Courtyard layer |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | Early C2-4 |
| Context Date | c.AD150 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local? |
| Location | Colchester and Essex Museum |
| Ref No | 1978.425 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Cockerel |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 or Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 38.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 293, pl 25; Wickenden 1988, 95, fig 63.20; Drury and Wickenden 1982, 239 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Fair naturalistic rendering with long curved tail and prominent coxcomb. Lumage indicated by pecking added after casting. Eyes represented by large incised circles (Pitts p112) Dome shaped base indicated it was fixed to a stand or part of a larger composition (Drury and Wickenden) |
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