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ID 899
Images No image in database
Grid Ref SP6532
Project type Metal detector
County Buckinghamshire
Site Tingewick
Site Type Unknown
Location Type Unknown
Context Unknown
Context Quality 0
Object Period 0
Material Bronze
Location Returned to finder
Ref No BUC-D11A12
Form Figurine
Type Bird
Name Cockerel
Bearded No
Is an attribute of Mercury
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Legs missing, worn
Classical 1
Quality Stylised 2
Photo Yes
Illustration No
Height 28.00
Length 0.00
References PAS database
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Description The birds' head is roughly pinched into a beak shape, but no other features are visible. One side of the body is decorated with ring-and-dot motifs and the tail is decorated with incised parallel lines. The legs and feet are missing and there is a break at the junction of the legs and body (PAS). Possible attachment.
PAS id BUC-D11A12


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