Record ID: SUR-2997A3
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fully modelled head of Minerva, wearing a large crested helmet. Busts of Minerva are commonly found on spatula handles (Feugère type A5) of which this is probably a fragment.
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2009
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: SUR-5FD708
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy spatula handle in the form of a bust of Minerva who wears a large crested helmet. The hair is roped as a fringe below the helmet and the facial features are worn. The neckline is rounded with ridges following the concave shoulders and there are transverse ridges below the bust on both sides. The handle has a rebated splaying hollow for the missing iron blade, which was presumably attached by solder. The handle is of Feugère (1995) Type A5. This is only the fourth example of its type to be recorded in the South West. See NMGW-DED9D2 for a parallel. Very simi…
Created on: Saturday 4th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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