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ID 515
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Grid Ref SP0201
Project type Excavation
County Gloucestershire
Site Cirencester
Site Name Watermoor School
Site Type Civitas capital
Location Type Insula VII
Context Unstratified
Context Quality 2
Site Date C2-3
Object Period 0
Material Silver
Secondary Material Gilded
Location Corinium Museum
Ref No A361
Form Figurine
Type Bird
Name Cockerel
Bearded No
Standing/Seated Standing
Is an attribute of Mercury
Clothed No
Drapery No
Condition Feet missing, otherwise good.
Classical 1
Quality Classical 2
Photo Yes
Illustration Yes
Height 28.00
Length 32.00
Parallels Verulamium group; Walters 1921, no 29, pl v
References Green 1976, 173, no 6; Wilson 1968, 198, pl XVII; Toynbee 1976, 70; Henig and Paddock 1993, 92, fig 4, 12; McWhirr 1986, 239, pl 157 #1
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Description Silver with gilt wings, tail and comb. Its head is turned to the right (presumably facing a figure of Mercury). This is a very finely detailed work of art, as can be seen for example in the neatly delineated breast-feathers. (Henig and Paddock). The breast feathers are lunate stamps, tail feathers hatched, wings a mixture of both. Expressive face. Presumably was with a well-modelled Mercury figure. Wings and tail feathers slightly raised as if making a display or about to take flight.


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