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| ID | 325 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | SE6051 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Yorkshire, North |
| Site | York |
| Site Name | Friends Burial Ground, Bishophill |
| Site Type | Colonia |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Layer 29 |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Yorkshire Museum |
| Ref No | YORYM 1973.6.9022 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Cockerel |
| Bearded | No |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Legs missing, tail broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 40.00 |
| Length | 40.00 |
| Parallels | Jewry Wall, Camulodunum Lydney Park, Vindolanda |
| References | Green 1978, 76, no 51; MacGregor 1978, 38, no 155, fig 21 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | The comb, wattles, eye and beak are all clearly defined on the best-preserved side, while the breast is marked with lines converging in chevron form towards the centre. Some attempt has been made at a stylized representation of wing feathers but the detail is blurred, while the wing-tips appear to be pinioned by two strands of twisted cord. The double tail springs from beneath these cords, with some indication of the feathers on each outer surface (MacGregor). |
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