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| ID | 558 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST7464 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Wiltshire |
| Site | Bath |
| Site Name | Limpley Stoke |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Roman Baths Museum |
| Ref No | BATRM 1986.134 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn but otherwise good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Classical 3 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 38.00 |
| Length | 48.00 |
| References | Green 1976, 187, no 14 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stands on a small, flat, round base but with foreshortened legs, which suggests that the base might have been added later but it is hard to tell. Head raised and turned to the left. Wings spread. Feathers nicely depicted as part of the casting (i.e. not incised later). |
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