Figurines Data

ID	1007
Images	No image in database
Grid Ref	SJ8397
Project type	Excavation
County	Greater Manchester
County Previously	Lancashire
Site	Castlefield
Site Name	Barton Street
Site Type	Military
Location Type	Vicus
Context	hearth 705 in enclosure G
Context Quality	3
Site Date	Late C1- mid C3
Context Date	Late C2
Object Period	0
Material	Lead
Other finds from site	Horse-shaped mount also possibly associated with structure/enclosure G
Location	University of Manchester
M/F	Male
Form	Figurine
Type	Deity
Name	Unknown
Bearded	No
Standing/Seated	Standing
Clothed	No
Drapery	No
Classical	1
Photo	No
Illustration	Yes
Height	58.00
Length	0.00
References	Cool 2007b, 134-6, fig. 3.72 no. 5 [Link to Bibliography]
Description	p134 'The modelling is very crude, but is much better on the upper body. It was found inserted vertically into a divot, and the possibility exists that it was made in the knowledge that only the upper body would be visible.' Lead was used for curse tablets - material and insertion into the ground may suggest rite involving cthonic deities. P136 'Crude flattened figure with raised arms; legs and feet merged together. Face has flattened nose and prominent lips; a diagonal cross moulding extending from hips to shoulders; on figures right arm there is possible deliberate moulded detail around the bent elbow. A squared grid pattern of scratches on back.'