| ID | 858 |
|---|---|
| Images | No image in database |
| Grid Ref | SP0483 |
| Project type | Excavation |
| County | West Midlands |
| County Previously | Warwickshire |
| Site | Birmingham |
| Site Name | Metchley |
| Site Type | Military |
| Location Type | Fort |
| Context | Area 3, C6 layer 2 |
| Context Quality | 3 |
| Site Date | mid C1- early 2 |
| Context Date | Mid C1 AD |
| Object Date | Iron Age? |
| Object Period | -1 |
| Material | Bronze |
| Import | No |
| Location | Birmingham City Museum |
| Ref No | SF 201 |
| Form | Figurine |
| Type | Animal |
| Name | Boar |
| Bearded | No |
| Standing/Seated | Standing |
| Clothed | No |
| Drapery | No |
| Classical | 0 |
| Quality | Stylised 2 |
| Photo | No |
| Illustration | Yes |
| Height | 24.00 |
| Length | 64.00 |
| Parallels | Jacobsthal 1944, no 387 pl 189-90 or 384 pl 173 |
| References | Webster 2002b, 78, fig. 23 no. 2 [Link to Bibliography] |
| Description | A solid bronze animal with a long body and snout, something like a dachshund, probably intended to represent a boar. This is a typical example of Celtic bronzework, as is seen from the surviving lentoid eye. Its elongated shape is suggestive of a handle, possibly a lid. . . it was attached to something (Webster) |
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