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FIGURINE

Unique ID: HAMP-420491

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper-alloy figurine with front face moulded and head moulded in the round. The figurine is thin with a median ridge running longitudinally down the rear face, extending below the feet where it is perhaps broken. The figure wears a large headdress. He is bearded, with the beard extending down to the upper chest. Ears and the nose are moulded and eyes and mouth delineated. The figure's arms are bent at the elbows and the hands are opposite each other on the chest. An object, possibly an implement or instrument, is held in each hand. The feet are conjoined and extend outwards giving a maximum width of 24.2mm. The figure is Egyptian in appearance and has been identified as Osiris by British Museum staff. A dating of c. 500 BC was also given. How this item came to be in a Hampshire field is a mystery! The full moulding of the head and the continuation of the rib suggest that the figurine was meant to be displayed standing up. Companies are known to have been selling identical statues of Osiris in the late 1990s (see e.g. 'Coins & Antiquities' magazine, November 1998, 37), L.: c. 76 - c. 89mm.

Notes:

This record was made at a rally and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording. Further, windy weather precluded the use of scales at this particular event.

Class: Osiris

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN
Date from: Circa 500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 73.45 mm
Width: 24.2 mm
Thickness: 7.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st August 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: Crondall (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU7749
Four figure Latitude: 51.234998
Four figure longitude: -0.898478
1:25K map: SU7749
1:10K map: SU74NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Weekend Wanderers rally
Current location: Retained by finder
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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