Record ID: BERK-01F272 - UNKNOWN sculpture

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Sculpture

Unique ID: BERK-01F272

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Undated Carved Stone Fossil Head

Limestone bivalve fossil with carved face on one side. The face has pronounced lips & nose although the lower part of the nose is broken. The eyes are oval and recesed. There is further decoration in the form of two crescents with transverse grooves to either side of the head - these are perhaps intended to represent hair, horns, ears or some kind of headress.

Stone carvings are notoriously difficult to date and therefore this item must remain undated.

It was initially suspected that the item may be Late Iron Age to Roman period based on the style of the face and locally associated Roman material. In the opinion of Martin Henig of Oxford University, however, it is most likely to be a Post-Medieval to Modern artefact.

Undated.

Subsequent actions

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

Chronology

Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: UNKNOWN [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Dimensions and weight

Length: 76.52 mm
Width: 62.3 mm
Thickness: 73.5 mm
Weight: 396.8 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Ground/polished [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire
To be known as: Clanfield

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2007

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Charlotte Burrill - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Charlotte Burrill - [view all attributed records]

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