ID | 781 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TL7523 |
Project type | Excavation |
County | Essex |
Site | Braintree |
Site Name | Sandpit Road (West) |
Site Type | Small town |
Location Type | Settlement |
Context | Pit 527 |
Context Quality | 3 |
Site Date | C2-4 |
Context Date | mid C3-4 |
Object Period | 0 |
Material | Bronze |
Secondary Material | Inset eyes |
Import | No |
Place of manufacture | Local |
Location | Braintree Museum? |
M/F | Male |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Composite |
Name | Horse and rider |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Seated |
Headgear | Headdress or helmet |
Other | Belt |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Good |
Classical | 0 |
Quality | Stylised 1 or 2 |
Photo | No |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 80.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
References | Major 1993, 44-7, fig 18; Smoothy 1989, 159-60 [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | The rider is apparently nude, apart from a rolled belt, with the left arm positioned to hold reins, or a shield and the right arm raised. The right palm is grooved, and would probably have held a spear. The head has stylised features and spiky hair (or possibly a head-dress). . .The horse is narrow-nosed and short-legged, with front feet resembling paws, and its ears pricked forward, giving it a dog-like appearance. The mane is embellished with vertical slashes, and the tail has broken off (Major). |
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