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FIGURINE
Unique ID: WAW-049C92
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman figurine of an animal, only an arm survives. At the end of the arm is a sub-oval rod. The arm thickens before slowly tapering towards the paw. The arm is bent inwards at a 120 degree angle at the elbow. The artefact thickens at the paw, which has three deep V shaped incisions delineating each digital pad which consists of four knopped protrusions. The arm is decorated with crude V shaped incisions portraying tufts of fur. There is possibly evidence of gilding, or the copper-alloy has been revealed due to the loss of the mid green patina.
The artefact is 76.2mm in length, 27.9mm wide, 14.9mm thick and weighs 60.1 grams.
Geoff Egan writes: I have not come across anything similar to the leonine leg in a medieval context (and not sure they would have done the tenon-and-mortise type join at the end). I am wondering - for no good reason whether it might be Roman (same goes for tenon etc. join at that period, too).
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 76.2 mm
Width: 27.9 mm
Thickness: 14.9 mm
Weight: 60.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 4088
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Stanway (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0434
Four figure Latitude: 52.004424
Four figure longitude: -1.94314
1:25K map: SP0434
1:10K map: SP03SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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