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DENO-B2BE10: Roman figurine, male with dagger.

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FIGURINE

Unique ID: DENO-B2BE10

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Roman cast copper alloy figurine of a standing human male. Rounded head, slightly flattened on top, with bowl haircut and faint features. Both arms are raised high; the hands are not modelled, but the left arm terminal has slight groove running across it. Naked except for a strap running diagonally across the body from right shoulder to left hip, with a dagger suspended from it at the left hip. A little pot-bellied with faintly moulded genitals (unclear if male or female), right leg straight, left leg bent backwards slightly. Fine dark green-brown patina. Length 44.98mm, width across arms 24.58mm, width across feet 14.1mm, thickness at head 9.5mm, weight 18.61g. Martin Henig has seen images of the object and has said "It is a chubby child but he is surely a huntsman with a quiver suspended from the strap. If he had wings he would be a cupid, but he doesn't so I opt for a young satyr, a denizen of the wilds in the entourage of Bacchus."

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Class: Satyr

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 44.98 mm
Width: 24.58 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 18.61 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E5378

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Langford (Civil Parish)

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: DENO
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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