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ID	162
Images
Grid Ref	TL4370
Project type	Chance
County	Cambridgeshire
Site	Cottenham
Site Name	Willingham Fen
Site Type	Unknown
Location Type	Hoard
Context	Unknown
Context Quality	1
Context Date	mid-late 2nd?
Object Period	0
Material	Bronze
Other finds from site	Box containing objects and other figurines (see 28)
Import	No
Place of manufacture	Local
Location	Cambridge University Museum
Ref No	1918.160.3
M/F	Male
Age	Mature
Form	Figurine
Type	Composite
Name	Horse and rider
Bearded	Yes
Headgear	Corinthian helmet
Clothed	Yes
Clothing description	Kilt, cuirass
Drapery	No
Condition	Horse missing lower legs and tail, rider missing right arm and most of left, no feet, damage to helmet crest and horse mane
Classical	0
Quality	Stylised 1
Photo	Yes
Illustration	No
Height	73.00
Length	72.00
References	Pitts 1979, no140, pl22; Toynbee 1964, 119; Green 1976, 210; Taylor 1963, 266 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	Rider is bearded with a short moustache, fine facial features and band of curly hair framing the face. Careful depiction of the face and head is in contrast to the rest of the body. The torso is a rectangle with spindly legs which extend straight down either side of the horse, there is no definition of the waist or hips and awkward depiction of shoulder. He wears a pleated skirt with straight deep grooves and a beaded band at the waist and lower edge of the skirt. The body of the horse is too small, the neck long and thick, the mane is largely missing. Although worn, one can see that the face of the horse was more carefully modelled with nostrils, eyes, mouth and broken ears. Curious combination of fine features and crudely depicted body. Rider too big for the horse, proportions bad.