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ID 395
Images No image in database
Grid Ref SJ5608
Project type Excavation
County Shropshire
Site Wroxeter
Site Name Viroconium
Site Type Civitas capital
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 1
Object Period 0
Material Bronze
Location Wroxeter Museum
Ref No not located
Form Attachment
Type Animal
Name Fish
Bearded No
Clothed No
Drapery No
Classical 1
Photo No
Illustration Yes
Height 0.00
Length 0.00
References Green 1976, 163, no 14; Bushe-Fox 1916, 26, no 16, pl XVI
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Description object of bronze, apparently meant to represent a fish with two finds and a scale pattern on the back. It is not furnished with any means of attachment, and there is nothing to show for what purpose it was intended (Bushe-Fox)


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