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ID	886
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	TL5438
Project type	Metal detector
County	Essex
Site	near Saffron Walden
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Unknown
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	0
Object Date	C2?
Object Period	2
Material	Bronze
Location	returned to finder
Ref No	ESS-6F60D3
M/F	Male
Age	Youth
Form	Figurine
Type	Human
Name	African
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Seated
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Condition	Slight damage, left foot missing
Classical	1
Quality	Classical 3
Photo	No
Illustration	Yes
Height	57.40
Length	0.00
References	Worrell 2007, 331-2, fig. 27; PAS database [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Cast copper alloy figurine. The figurine portrays a sleeping young African boy seated with his right leg bent in front of him and his left leg bent at an angle of approximately 45 degrees and placed horizontally (as if along the ground). The right arm is bent close to the body and the flat hand is resting on the knee. The left arm is bent at a right angle, resting along the left thigh, with the hand loosely clenched. The hands are moulded with all of the digits realistically portrayed. The right foot has a rounded end, without portraying the individual toes. The left foot is missing. The break edge is worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The head of the sleeping boy is tilted to the right and rests on the right hand. The hairstyle is afro in that it is tightly curled. Both ears are realistically moulded. The brow is moulded, with the closed eyes rendered by raised lenticular lines. The nose is also realistically moulded. The moulded mouth shows the upper and lower lips parted and slack. There is an off-centre circular socket at the top of the head, due to the angle of the head. The socket is 6.28mm in diameter and approximately 7mm deep. The chest is moulded with slightly raised pectorals with the right nipple surviving and the left missing due to damage. The belly is slightly protruding (though not .pot-bellied.) with a faint impression of the belly button. The penis survives and is resting against the left bent leg. The testicles are visible when the figurine is viewed from below. The back is moulded with prominent shoulder blades and a shallow groove down the spine. The buttocks are flat and divided by a slight incised line (PAS).
PAS id	ESS-6F60D3