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| ID | 428 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL1307 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Hetfordshire |
| Site | St Albans |
| Site Name | Verulamium |
| Site Type | Civitas capital |
| Location Type | Insula XIV |
| Context | Cellar |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Context Date | c.AD150-60 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Verulamium Museum |
| Ref No | SABMS 78.546 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Eagle |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Legs missing, tail broken |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 25.00 |
| Length | 47.00 |
| Parallels | Boucher 1973, no 227; Fleischer 1967, no 268 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 186; Green 1976, 207, no 37; Frere 1972, no 158, fig 49 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Nice piece. Wings folded over back. Head upturned and tilted slightly to the left. Feathers depicted by cross-hatching on wings and long incisions on breast, underside and tail. |
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