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FIGURINE
Unique ID: GLO-0D2815
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Roman figurine bust of Minerva. The deity is depicted waring an open-faced helmet that extends up the back to form a curving crest that forms a loop above the head. The end of the crest formed in to a cylindrical terminal with ring and dot decoration on either side, a short rectangular bar then extends down from the terminal to the forward edge of the helmet, closing the loop. Running around the base of the helmet is a raised border with angled striations representing hair. Facial detailing is simplistic with raised oval panels with a transverse longitudinal groove for the eyes, a small raided rectangular panel for the nose and a slot brow for the mouth. A long thin neck leads to the shoulders that are shown as being covered in a robe or clock, displaying deep groves that emanate from the right shoulder where the garment would be gathered by a broch/clasp.
Below the shoulders the bust is mounted on a rectangular pedestal, that has deep linear V-shaped groves on both the X and Y axis forming a cross pattern.
Similar busts of Minerva are found on the database at CAM-F9C831, LIN-DD9708, SF-4BA761 and SF-321621
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This record was generated form emailed images supplied by the finder during the 2020/21 Covid-19 lockdown.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 26.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2018 - Sunday 6th December 2020
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
To be known as: Cotswolds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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