[Link to Bibliography]
| ID | 429 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TM3034 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Felixstowe? |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Place of manufacture | Local |
| Location | Ipswich Museum |
| Ref No | ISPMG 1966-104 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Pigeon |
| Aliases | Eagle, dove |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Jupiter |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Worn and slightly corroded. Feet missing. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 42.00 |
| Length | 54.00 |
| References | Pitts 1979, no 187; possibly Green 1976, 218, no 8 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Slightly odd eagle, perhaps a pigeon, with a long neck and wings partially spread giving very wide back. Small beak, ring and dot eyes. Fairly detailed rendering of feathers - scalloped on wings and back with central groove and herringbone grooves on either side. On the breast the feathers have a central groove and radiating grooves around the edge. Small tail with the feathers largely corroded away. |
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