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FIGURINE
Unique ID: WMID41
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy corroded and encrusted figurine of Mars. He wears a helmet with a tall plume and the dress of a Roman soldier with a skirt has pleats.. The arms are both missing. The details are difficult to see due to nature of corrosion. On the back of the legs is a fragment of charcoal. It is possible the figure was burnt in antiquity. This may account for its condition.
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: 76.1 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Hampton Lovett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8865
Four figure Latitude: 52.283008
Four figure longitude: -2.177326
1:25K map: SO8865
1:10K map: SO86NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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