ID | 889 |
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Images | No image in database |
Grid Ref | TF1599 |
Project type | Metal detector |
County | Lincolnshire |
Site | Rothwell |
Site Type | Unknown |
Location Type | Unknown |
Context | Unknown |
Context Quality | 0 |
Object Date | Iron Age |
Object Period | -1 |
Material | Bronze |
Secondary Material | enamelled/inset eyes? |
Location | Returned to finder |
Ref No | LIN-2CFD83 |
Form | Figurine |
Type | Animal |
Name | Boar |
Bearded | No |
Standing/Seated | Standing |
Clothed | No |
Drapery | No |
Condition | Slightly worn |
Classical | 0 |
Quality | Stylised 1 |
Photo | Yes |
Illustration | Yes |
Height | 0.00 |
Length | 0.00 |
Parallels | Camerton (742); Rhossili (247); Great Sturton (975) |
References | PAS database. [Link to Bibliography] |
Description | The boar is quite realistically portrayed with careful attention to anatomical detail. The surface of the boar is slightly worn, but appears to be in a good state of preservation. The boar has a solid body with a life-like head detailing all of the major facial features. The snout is flat-ended and upturned which is a feature perhaps more reminiscent of domesticated pig than wild boar. The tusks are quite worn and incomplete, being short and slightly inward curving. The eyes are represented by two deep concave circular cells, which may once have contained enamel. The ears are large and upright, roughly triangular in shape and concave on the front. There is a moulded crest running down the back of the boar. The crest is slightly convex and is decorated with a row of crescentric motifs representing the dorsal bristles. These bristles slope forwards. The crescent decoration is also seen on the boars back to either side of the crest. The rump of the boar is decorated with a series of gently curved lines, as are the legs and parts of the cheeks and snout. The tail is upturned and coiled; this is a feature that has been regarded as proof of domestication (Bokonyi 1974, 215). The front legs are moulded slightly forward, and the hind legs are angled, displaying a close attention to detail. The underside is smooth and rounded, with no indication of genitalia (PAS). |
PAS id | LIN-2CFD83 |
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