2003-01-08 00:00:00 Sally Worrell sworrell 2011-03-15 13:51:54 Daniel Pett dpett HAMP2606 Figurine Cast copper-alloy miniature goat figurine. Incised, curving lines to represent the animal's hide. The ears are elongated, and one is incomplete. Below the ears, there is a raised moulding around the front and sides of the head, with transverse incised lines. The goat is standing on a base with an irregular lower surface. Goats and cockerels are the cult animals associated with the god, Mercury and they may have been intended to stand on pedastels flanking Mercury figurines. An almost identical goat figurine is known from the Uley shrines, Gloucestershire - thought to be dedicated to Mercury on the basis of the significant quantity of religious objects associated with that god and discovered there during excavations (Henig 1993, 101 no. 3 fig. 88). A figurine with a cock and a ram is known from King Harry Lane, Verulamium (Britannia 1972, 330 pl. xxv, b and c) and an example with a stand with a goat and tortoise is known from Augst (Kaufmann-Heinimann 1977, 105, no. 155 pls. 103-4). Other examples are known from Gallo-Roman sites such as Vicus de Pommeroeul, Hainault (Faider-Feytmans 1979, 198 no. A3,1) and Matagne-la-Petite Faider-Feytmans 1979, 197 A2, 1-3; De Boe 1982, 26 and 30, fig. 9) Cast copper-alloy miniature goat figurine. Incised, curving lines to represent the animal's hide. The ears are elongated, and one is incomplete. Below the ears, there is a raised moulding around the front and sides of the head, with transverse incised lines. The goat is standing on a base with an... Copper alloy Cast ROMAN ROMAN 100 410 24.5 20 Good 2003-01-08 00:00:00 HAMPSHIRE BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid SU54SE SU5543 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 FASW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2003 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.