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English: Roman copper alloy female figurine of Abundantia or Fortuna. It is 55mm in height and has a 4mm diameter shank beneath the feet for attachment, now worn/ corroded almost to the level of the bottom of the feet. It weighs 30.16g.

The figurine is rather flat in profile, although the decoration is still 'in the round'. The figure holds a filled dish in one hand and a slightly flat cornucopia (28mm in length) in the other, apparantly filled with an abundance of something, represented by a number of sections created by grooves and decorated with a small hole at the centre. One long section crosses the middle and is decorated instead with zig-zags. Above there are three sections, below two on one, the bottom of which has no hole. The 'stem' is 15mm long and narrows from 3x3.5mm to 1.5x2.5mm where it is held by the hand. This hand is rather cruder than the other, it being in essence a thumb and large finger, the latter of which has three grooves to highlight the fingers. The other hand, holding the dish, is rather more square and again has three rooves to define the fingers and a smaller thumb at the top of the dish. The dish is 7.5mm in diameter with a 3.5mm diameter circular object at its centre.
The figure is dressed in pleated robes up to the neck line(five pleats defined by shallow grooves) with a sash slung horizontally over the arm (and under the ?thyrsus) to the hip on the other side. On the reverse are four pleats and sash, with a curved moulding around the arm holding the dish to suggest it was held back a little. The arm holding the dish has the sleeve rolled up, defined by a moulded cuff. Underneath the top garment is another, visible where the top tunic stops short around calf level. At one side of the tunic is a further groove. The second tunic falls to the feet and has four pleats. The feet project 3mm. The body is 7mm in thickness.
The head has been worked to give a prominent nose and forhead, either side of which is a ring-and-dot eye. The mouth is a small line/ groove. The chin and edges of the face are rounded but it has no neck. Seven curls surround the face, the central three of which are backed by a 2mm tall diadem. The back of the head is decorated with neat grooves radiating towards a small bun at the base of the head.

At its widest point, the figurine is 30.5mm (from dish to hand). It is remarkably similar to one from Duncliffe Hill, Dorset (Henig & Keen, Dorset Proceedings Vol.106 1984), identified as probably Fortuna, who also carried a cornucpoia, which is more usually associated with Abundantia.