| ID | 883 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | NS4274 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | West Dumbartonshire |
| Site | Dumbuck |
| Site Name | Railway at junction of A814 and A82 |
| Site Type | Military? |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Site Date | Unknown |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Hunterian Museum |
| Ref No | F.1985.286 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Goat |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Some corrosion and right foreleg broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 61.50 |
| Length | 53.00 |
| Parallels | Faider-Feytmans 1979, no. 115 |
| References | Green, Cowie and Lockwood 1985, 46-9, fig. 4 and 5 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Quite slender with exaggerated horns. P47 - Although lacking fine detail, the major features of the head have otherwise been modelled with some attempt at realism. Two rounded knobs behind the horns represent the ears and swellings on either side of the head mark the eye sockets. A low rounded projection emerging from the brow is of uncertain significance. . . |
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