| ID | 1134 |
|---|---|
| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SP0202 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Gloucestershire |
| Site | Cirencester |
| Site Name | Kings Head Yard |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Insula XXII? |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Corinium Museum |
| Ref No | 1980/72/2 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Cockerel |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn, tail feather broken, feet missing, pitted and corroded in places |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 30.00 |
| Length | 33.50 |
| Description | Fairly stylised depiction. A single stump with elliptical cross-section for legs. Wings not shown. At the rear the body is cut flat and the tail is a thin extension. Feathers depicted on the body by small semicircular grooves, on the tail by lengthwise grooves and there doesn't appear to be any cross-hatching which you might expect. Feather grooves also present on face and beak which is unusual. From excavation in 1963, not published. |
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