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FIGURINE
Unique ID: BERK-2C7233
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A near-complete cast copper alloy anthropomorphic figurine of Late Iron Age date. The figurine is crudely cast and depicts a probable male (no genitalia evident), standing with arms raised slightly from the sides. One arm is missing as is one foot. The figure's head is well cast with eyes, nose and mouth depicted. The figure wears either a helmet with linear decoration or more likely the hair is depicted by a raised moulding which sits flat across the brow and tapers to the location of the ears (not depicted) before tapering to a point at the base of the neck. The rest of the figurine is two-dimensional with no body features portrayed. The surviving right arm terminates in a loop; presumably the figure held something like a rod through its 'hand', although like the rest of the body there is no anatomic detail. The body of the figure is very long - there is a widening and then tapering of the central section of the figure, probably indicating a waist. This may suggest that the figure is wearing a long, knee-length robe. The legs and right foot remain intact, and again there is no detail on either.
Notes:
This figurine shares characteristics with examples from the Continent as well as several heads and busts of Iron Age Britain. Further research is required.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class: anthropomorphic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Exactly 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 43
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 52.5 mm
Width: 27.9 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 24.2 g
Diameter: 12.1 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2017.199
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: East Garston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3680
Four figure Latitude: 51.51777997
Four figure longitude: -1.48256767
1:25K map: SU3680
1:10K map: SU38SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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