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| ID | 628 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | TL6265 |
| Project type | Unknown |
| County | Suffolk |
| Site | Exning |
| Site Type | Unknown |
| Location Type | Unknown |
| Context | Unknown |
| Context Quality | 0 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | British Museum |
| Ref No | 1935,1214.2 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Fish |
| Bearded | No |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Tail fin broken but otherwise good |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | No |
| Height | 0.00 |
| Length | 66.00 |
| Parallels | Fleischer 1967, Taf 130 no. 276; Boucher 1973, 172 no. 299 |
| References | Green 1976, 211 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Quite a detailed depiction. The body is covered in scales indicated by shallow curved notches, with two leaf-shaped fins along the base of the body on either side and a raised dorsal fin with vertical grooves. The tail fin has radiating grooves. The gills are shown, the eyes are ring and dots and there is a short horizontal notch for the mouth. Elliptical cross-section, maximum thickness 5 mm. |
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