| ID | 346 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | ST4442 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Somerset |
| Site | Meare |
| Site Name | Meare Lake Village |
| Site Type | Rural |
| Location Type | Mound XIII |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 2 |
| Site Date | 3rd-1st c BC |
| Object Date | LPRIA |
| Object Period | -1 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Secondary Material | Iron core? |
| Location | Somerset County Museum |
| Ref No | E53 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Boar |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Quite good but missing face and crest degraded |
| Classical | 0 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 64.00 |
| Length | 34.00 |
| References | Foster 1977, 29, no 1, fig 2, pl 1; Gray and Bulleid 1953, 222-4, fig 64 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Face broken off, obviously originally hollow or pierced, and appears to have had an iron core (stippled on fig 1). Groove along back to take a crest of bronze (Foster). |
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