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| ID | 430 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL4070 |
| Project type | Chance |
| County | Cambridgeshire |
| Site | Cottenham |
| Site Name | Willingham Fen |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Hoard |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 1 |
| Context Date | mid-late 2nd |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Other finds from site | Box containing objects and figurines (see 28) |
| Location | Cambridge University Museum |
| Ref No | 1918.160.6 |
| Form | Attachment |
| Type | Bird |
| Name | Owl |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Cracked and repaired |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 40.00 |
| Length | 0.00 |
| Parallels | Leibundgut 1976, no 49; Zadoks-Josephus Jitta 1973, No 47; J. Chester N. Wales Archaeol Soc 1959, pl10a |
| References | Pitts 1979, no188; Toynbee 1964, 128; Green 1976, 210; Rostovtseff 1923, 94, pl iv.4 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Stylised figure with a very broad chest, deep round inset eyes with a very narrow beak. Wings folded and with a border of short, parallel incised grooves. Stands on top of a round hollow pedestal which could be the top of a staff. Circular hole on top of head. |
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