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| ID | 750 |
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| Images |
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| Grid Ref | ST3490 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | Newport |
| County Previously | Monmouthshire |
| Site | Caerleon |
| Site Name | Cambria House, Mill Street |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Vicus Building 21+22 |
| Context | Destruction deposit 2429 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | C2-4 |
| Context Date | Early C4 |
| Object Period | 0 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Location | Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
| Ref No | NPTMG 1986.105.519 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Goat |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Is an attribute of | Mercury |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Condition | Slightly worn. |
| Classical | 1 |
| Quality | Stylised 1 |
| Photo | Yes |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 21.20 |
| Length | 17.30 |
| Parallels | Kaufmann-Heinimann 1977, no 32; Leibundgut 1980, no 63; Uley; Brigstock; unpub from Chester |
| References | Lloyd-Morgan 2000b, 367, fig 88, no 116 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | Small piece with large horns which project from the rear of the head as a single piece with a groove down the middle. Wavy grooves for coat. Pedestal legs front and rear. Fairly crude but effective. |
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