Record ID: WILT-310356
Object type: SPATULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy bust of the goddess Minerva from the handle of a spatula, dating to the period AD 100-250. The Minerva is Feugère's Type A5. Of the bust, only the head and part of the neck remains. By length, it measures 32.36mm, with a width of 12.67mm and a thickness of 12.67mm. It weighs 23.75g. The bust of Minerva wears a high crested Corinthian helmet. The crest has a central groove which from which it bifurcates (with deep triangular grooves cut into the edge of each ridge) and gives way to a third central rib as it widens. The crest measures 4.05mm wide at the …
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.